ACC now to quiz shipping ministry staff
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team formed to investigate corruption in the process of awarding container-handling job at Chittagong port will start quizzing officials of the shipping ministry including its then secretary from Sunday.
Sources said the list of accused prepared in connection with the corruption might be changed, as the parliamentary sub-committee on shipping ministry has made it without visiting the spot for taking deposition of the witnesses.
The team also will collect documents from the shipping ministry and then issue notices to the then secretary of the ministry and other officials concerned for quizzing.
The two-member team, also investigating corruption regarding incensement of retirement age of shipping pilots, completed their three-day long quizzing of five more persons at the port yesterday.
The committee headed by ACC Deputy Director (DD) Sheikh Md Fanafillah also met with the teams from Ishak Brothers, which was awarded the job of container handling of the port, and Bandar Shramik Federation.
Our staff correspondent from Chittagong adds: The committee yesterday talked to Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Member (Planning and Admin) Hadi Hossain Babul, Member (Marine and Harbour) Captain S Arif Mahmud, former additional general manager Ibrahim Khalilullah and former general manager (Audit) Giasuddin Ansari.
One member of the committee said the evaluation criteria were right but they would not be able to say if anything happened wrong inside the Chittagong Port Authority.
The committee was given primarily 15-day time that can be extended by another 15 days if necessary to complete the investigation, said Fanafillah.
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