Sylhet chamber officials sued

Authorities of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry sued its former president Zunnun Mahmud Khan and four other officials yesterday accusing them of misappropriating chamber funds.
Ekhlasur Rahman, the chamber's acting secretary, filed the case against Khan, Khondaker Shipar Ahmed, senior vice president, Zubayer Ahmed Chowdhury, vice president, Enamul Quddus Chowdhury, director, and Siraj Ud Doula, secretary.
The case filed with Kotwali police station says the accused embezzled Tk 60.83 lakh.
On allegation of huge irregularities, the trade body, then headed by Khan, was dissolved by the commerce ministry on October 21 last year.
On the day, the government appointed Faruque Mahmud Chowdhury as the body's administrator.
At the instruction of the ministry, the administrator formed two committees to probe irregularities in financial affairs and in membership approval by the chamber.
On the basis of the probe reports, the commerce ministry appointed an audit firm, which detected some major flaws.
In addition, the National Board of Revenue will take punitive measures against the businessmen who had submitted fake TIN certificates to obtain the chamber's membership in recent years, as was detected by the probe bodies.