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Fri, 07/11/2008 - 12:25
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ACC okays charge sheet against Babar, FIR against Jahangir, Matin

DHAKA, Bangladesh, July 11 (BSS) -Independent Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved the charge sheet of the case filed against former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar on the allegation of amassing illegal wealth beyond his known income sources.

Director General of the Commission Colonel Hanif Iqbal said this at his regular press briefing in the ACC conference roomhere today.

The ACC also allowed the enquiry officer to file FIR against former state minister AKM Jahangir Hossain for acquiring illegal wealth and hide the actual information about wealth in his wealthstatement submitted to the commission, he said.

The DG said the commission approved three cases against Abdul Matin, Deputy Secretary (OSD) and APS to former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, on the allegation of misusing powerand embezzling public money through wastage and damage.

The ACC also approved a case against AK Azad, Managing Director of Hamim Group, on charge of earning wealth of over Taka 20 crore illegally. Out of which he concealed information aboutwealth of Taka 4.94 crore in his wealth statement.

The ACC today decided to serve notices on nine persons, including four executive engineers of the Department of Roads and Highways, asking them to submit their wealth statements to thecommission.

They are M Shafiul Azam Bhuiyan, Sanaul Haque, Khandakar Golam Mostafa and Piar Mohammad, all are executive engineers of the R&H; M Monjur Rahman, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Communications; M Nizam Uddin, Chief Engineer of Chittagong City Corporation; M Shafiullah, Manager of Bangladesh Biman, and MMazharul Islam, an upper division clerk of the R&H.

Hanif Iqbal said the ACC caught four government employees red-handed at the time of taking bribe by setting traps inChittagong and in Barisal this week.

He said Abdul Mazid, Principal Appraiser (customs), and Abul Kalam, MLLS (customs), were arrested from Post Office (overseas branch) at Fakirhat under Bandar thana yesterday when they weretaking Taka 7,000 bribe.

In another trap, a team of the ACC rounded up Nurul Islam, a sub-assistant settlement officer, and two employees of Uzirpur thana settlement office Jahangir Alam and Hasnat Howladar whenthey were allegedly taking bribe, the DG said.


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