5 railway officials to face ACC music

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against five officials of Bangladesh Railway, including a former general manager, for allegedly leasing out 1,300 square feet of space in a government warehouse abusing their power.

The ACC approved a proposal for filing a case against the officials recently, said an ACC source.

The officials are former general manager M Ferdous Alam, its deputy director (traffic and operation) Kabirul Alam, area operating manager M Shafiqur Rahman, assistant commercial officer of Kamalapur Railway Station Pranabesh Sarkar and upper division assistant Mosharraf Hossain.

According to the ACC probe, all the officials in collusion with each other leased out 1,300 square feet of the warehouse near Akhaura Rail Station in Brahmanbaria to so-called Jasmin Akter on May 25, 2010, preparing fake documents.