Top official of medical equipment company held
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday arrested a top official of a medical equipment supply company in connection with a case filed over misappropriating around Tk 4.49 crore from a procurement project of Rangpur Medical College (RMC).
ACC Assistant Director Md Saiduzzaman arrested GM Syed Kamrul Ahsan, general manager of Bengal Scientific and Surgical Company, in the afternoon from the capital’s Segunbagicha, said Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, public relations officer of ACC.
On September 12, ACC filed the case against RMC Principal Dr Nur Islam and assistant professor Dr Sarowat Hossain; proprietor of Mercantile Trade International Abdus Sattar Sarkar, his son and proprietor of Bengal Scientific and Surgical Jaher Uddin Sarkar; and his grandson Ahsan Habib.
Another accused in the case is proprietor of Universal Trade Corporation Asadur Rahman, who is the brother-in-law of Jaher.
According to the case statement, there was no approval from the health directorate for the purchase and the tender process was flawed and lightning quick. The work order was issued only two days after the bidder was picked and the bill worth Tk 4.49 crore was collected in just 10 days.
Meanwhile, a special court in Dhaka yesterday ordered to seize 605-decimal land of Crescent Group Chairman MA Kader, who brought the property with the money borrowed from Janata Bank for export business.
ACC sources said the present market value of the land at Dasherhati of Manikganj would be about Tk 20 crore.
On February 10, ACC filed five cases against 22 individuals, including Kader, for allegedly misappropriating about Tk 1,746 crore from Janata Bank.
An ACC official said Crescent Leather Products Ltd misappropriated about Tk 500 crore; Crescent Tanneries about Tk 68.34 crore; Lexco Ltd about Tk 74.38 crore; Rupali Composite Leatherwear Ltd about Tk 454 crore, and Remex Footwear Ltd about Tk 648 crore from Janata Bank’s Imamganj branch between 2015 and 2017.
The case’s investigation officer and ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Prodhan found that Kader concealed information about the land.
ACC was concerned that the crescent group chairman might have transferred the ownership of the property, which is why it sought the seize order from the court, the ACC official said, adding that the IO will act soon in this regard.
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