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ACC sues police inspector, wife in Chattogram
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against a police inspector and his wife over corruption charges.
They are Md Shahjahan, an inspector of industrial police Chattogram region and ex-OC of Lohagara police station, and his wife Ferdousi Akter.
Md Atikul Alam, Deputy Director of ACC’s Chattogram office, filed the case.
“According to their wealth statements, they acquired wealth worth Tk 1.5 crore beyond their known sources of income. The ACC has filed the case as these allegations have been primarily proved,” said Atikul.
According to ACC, Shahjahan joined the police force in 1990. ACC first learned about Shahjahan’s illegal wealth while an allegation of corruption by him was proved in 2017 when Shahjahan was the OC of Lohagara police station.
In his wealth statement, Shahjahan showed his movable and immovable properties to be worth Tk 2.65 crore. While he showed Tk 78.50 lakh as his total income since joining police, he claimed that he had spent Tk 26 lakh since then.
The ACC found Tk 1.25 crore in Shahjahan’s possession beyond his known sources of income.
Besides, the ACC asked Shahjahan’s wife Ferdousi Akter to submit her wealth statement on March 14, 2019, which she did on April 17 of the same year.
In the case statement, the ACC said that Ferdousi showed Tk 2.30 crore as her income through using the names of fake poultry and fish businesses.
ACC approves charges against 3 former, 1 current Biman high-ups
The anti-corruption watchdog Wednesday approved a chargesheet against three former and one current Biman Bangladesh Airlines high-ups for their "involvement in corruption in the recruitment of pilots."
The accused are Abul Munim Mosaddiq Ahmed, former Biman managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Captain Farhat Hasan, former MD, CEO and flight operations director, Partha Kumar Pandit, former director (administration) and principal of the Bangladesh Airlines Training Center, and Fakhrul Hossain Chowdhury, manager (recruitment).
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Muhammad Arif Sadeq, deputy director of the Anti- Anti-Corruption Commission, told UNB that the chargesheet was approved as the commission found the corruption allegations against them to be true.
On November 25, 2019, ACC Assistant Director Saiful Islam filed the case against the Biman officials.
According to the case statement, the accused violated the guidelines of Biman in setting the educational qualifications and age requirements for the candidates for the cadet pilot recruitment in 2018.
Walton CEO visits Italy to see ACC's progress on plant dismantling
Walton Hi-Tech Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Golam Murshed has visited the production plant of renowned European electronics brand ACC in Italy.
"The dismantling of the ACC's compressor production plant and the process of bringing all the machinery from there to Bangladesh is going on in full swing. More than 100 Bangladeshi engineers and technicians are now in Italy to get the work done," Murshed said.
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Walton recently acquired the rights of ACC, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE) along with their trademarks in 57 countries, intellectual properties (patents, design and software licences) and a fully automated inverter and non-inverter compatible compressor plant, according to a media statement.
ACC files case against 21 officials of Sonali Bank, One Spinning Mills
Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against 21 officials of Sonali Bank and One Spinning Mills Ltd for embezzling TK32.37 lakh from the bank.
The case was filed with Dhaka ACC coordinated office by Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim.
The owners of One Spinning Mills Ltd. and the officials of the head office and local office of Sonali Bank, in collusion with each other issued bonds without collateral, and created LTR on condition that the terms of the bonds were not complied with.
Even though the company did not pay the money as per the rules after importing machinery, it received the machinery from the port through import documents.
Approval was given by the Commission to file a case under section 409/109 against 21 persons for committing a punishable offense under section.
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The accused are- Chairman of One Spinning Mills Ltd Harun Aur Rashid, managing director Gias Uddin Al Mamun, Director (nominated on behalf of Orion Mushroom Limited) Golam Rabbani Chowdhury, Director Abu Hassan Mohammad Jahangir, Director of Sonali Bank Ltd Nasir Uddin Mia, former managing director of Head Office, Dhaka Muhammad Tahmilur Rahman, former deputy managing director of head office of the bank Amanullah, former general managers Mizanur Rahman, Shafiqur Rahman, former deputy general managers of Industrial Credit Department of Local Office Khandaker Mosharraf Ali, Kamrul Islam, and Abu Jafar Md. Saleh, , former assistant general manager Ali Arshad, Abu Musa and Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, former senior principal officer of Foreign Exchange Department Atiqur Rahman, S, M, M, Awlad Hossain, Md. Abdur Razzak, Wahid Uddin Ahmed and Shah Alam.
ACC files petition seeking cancellation of Samrat’s bail
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a petition before the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail of expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case, granted by the lower court.
The ACC submitted their plea to the HC bench concerned, said ACC counsel Khurshid Alam Khan.
The petition will likely be heard by the bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo on Tuesday.
On May 11, a Dhaka court granted bail to Samrat in the graft case, paving the way for his release from judicial custody.
Judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order on three conditions.
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The conditions include—Samrat will not be allowed to leave the country without permission of the court, to submit his passports and to submit his healthth reports on the designated date.
Earlier, the same court turned down his bail plea in the corruption case, filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), twice -- on April 28 and April 13.
Samrat secured bail in a drugs case on April 11 and in an Arms Act case and a money laundering case on April 10.
The expelled Jubo League leader has been undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital since November 24 last year.
On October 6 in 2019, Rab detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla.
Rab raided his Kakrail office later that day. Huge quantities of foreign liquor, pistols, and two hides of kangaroo were seized from his office.
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He was later sentenced by a mobile court to six months in prison under the Wildlife Conservation Act.
On October 7, Abdul Khaleque, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 lodged two complaints against Samrat at Ramna police station under the Arms and the Narcotics Act. Arman was also made an accused in the narcotics case.
On November 4, Shekhar Chandra Mallik, a sub-inspector, submitted a chargesheet against Samrat in the Arms Act case.
On November 12, ACC lodged a complaint against him for acquiring assets worth Tk 2.94 crore beyond his known sources of income.
On September 12, 2020, Rashedur Rahman, sub-inspector of CID, registered a case against him at the Ramna police station for laundering Tk 195 crore to Malaysia and Singapore.
Lastly, on November 26 last year, the investigating officer in the case, Jahangir Alam, submitted a chargesheet in the court.
ACC approves case against Arman
Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Monday approved the case against the suspended vice- president of Dhaka Mohanagar Juboleague Enamul Haque Arman in connection with the casino scandal.
The case was filed with Dhaka Coordinated Office,ACC-1 after the investigation on 12 November 2019.
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Deputy Director of ACC Public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB.
According to the case, Enamul Haque Arman earned a total of TK 12.45 crore illegal way while some 6.56 crore was siphoned off to the Singapore.
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HC denies bail to suspended ACC director in bribery case
The High Court on Thursday turned down the bail petition of suspended Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director Khandaker Enamul Basir who was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in a bribery case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after hearing on the bail petition submitted by Basir’s lawyer.
The court also suspended Tk 80 lakh fine imposed on Basir by a lower court in the case.
On April 13, the court received his petition for acquittal from the charges in this case for hearing.Advocate Motaher Hossain Saju appeared for the accused while senior advocate Md Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC.
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On April 6, the court received Mizanur Rahman’s bail petition who was sentenced three years in jail in the same case.
On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4, judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Basir and Mizan to eight and three years in jail, respectively in this case. A fine of Tk 80 lakh was also imposed on Basir in the case.
Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was removed from the post on January 9, 2019, after he was accused of abducting a 25-year-old female anchor of a private news channel and forcibly marrying her.
He had also allegedly implicated her in a false case in which she was arrested and sent to judicial custody for three weeks.
The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman.
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According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement.
Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigating officer in the case.
During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for setting the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigating officer in the case.
At the same time, a three-member probe body was formed, led by ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah, to look into the allegations of bribery.
On July 16, 2019, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.
Another case is currently under trial against four people, including Mizan, filed over accumulation of ill-gotten assets and money laundering at the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6.
HC to hear ACC officer Enamul's appeal, stays Tk 80 lakh fine
The High Court has accepted an appeal for hearing from Khandaker Enamul Basir who has been fired from the Anti-Corruption Commission and later sentenced to eight years in jail over a bribery case.
The court also suspended an order of imposing a fine of Tk 80 lakh for taking bribe from Mizanur Rahman, a suspended deputy inspector general of police
A single bench of Justice Mostafizur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday.
The HC has also summoned all the documents regarding the case from the judicial court, said ACC senior lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to three and eight years in jail, respectively in the case.
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The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman.
According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement.
Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigation officer in the case.
During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for dismissing the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigation officer in the case.
At the same time, a three-member probe body was formed, led by ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah, to look into the allegations of bribery.
On July 16, 2019, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.
ACC sues former officials of GCC
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against three former officials of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) including a former chief executive officer for embezzling around Tk 82 lakh from government funds.Deputy Director Rashedul Islam filed the case with ACC Dhaka integrated district office, Deputy Director of ACC Public relations office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told UNB.
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The accused are- GCC Accounting Officer (suspended) Nazrul Islam, former GCC chief executive officer (joint secretary) M Rahatul Islam and former chief accounting officer Sayedur Rahman.According to the statement, the accused withdrew the money from three bank accounts of GCC showing seven cheques against various projects using fake signstureGCC Accounting Officer Nazrul Islam with the help of other accused, embezzled the money from the Tongi branch of United Commercial Bank Limited.
Ex-CJ Sinha faces another graft case filed by ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a new case against former chief justice SK Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha on charge of laundering around Tk 2.40 crore.
ACC secretary Md Mahbub Hossain confirmed this at a press briefing at its headquarters at Segunbagicha.
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ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar filed the case against them for what he said committing a punishable offense.
According to the case the former chief justice, already sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment in absentia in another graft case, laundered the amount equivalent to USD2,80000 through his brother who lives in the US.
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The money was laundered to several banks of the United States through accounts of Ananta Kumar, said the case.
The anti-graft body will now investigate the case, said the ACC official.