Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A Dhaka court on Monday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit a probe report on a graft case against Taqsem A Khan, managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) and 9 others.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman has set April 4 for the report submission.
On November 10 last year, WASA Employees Multipurpose Cooperative Society Secretary Md Shahab Uddin Sarker filed the case, said lawyer of the plaintiff Md Gaffar Hossain.
Other accused in the case are – Dhaka WASA engineer Sharmin Haque Ameer, former revenue inspector Mia Md Mizanur Rahman, engineer Md Akteruzzaman, revenue inspector Md Zakir Hossain, engineer Md Badrul Alam, former Janata Bank DGM Shyamal Bishwas, deputy secretary Sheikh Enayet Ullah, and deputy-chief accountant Md Salekur Rahman.
According to the case statement, the accused embezzled more than Tk 132 crore from the fund of Dhaka WASA Employees Multipurpose Cooperative Society, from six banks in the fiscal year 2017-2018, with the help of Taqsem.
The graft has been proved in an audit report of Directorate of Cooperatives, the statement said. Apart from this, the accused also stole property worth about Tk 200 crore by transferring the immovable and immovable property of the society.
