Tariqul sued for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against former BNP Minister Tariqul Islam, sitting Planning Division Secretary Zafar Ahmed Chowdhury and former chief conservator of forests Anwarul Islam for causing huge loss to the government.
A first information report (FIR) was lodged with Shahbagh police station accusing the three of causing the loss through irregularities in selling timber collected from the government's reserve forests.
Tariqul, a former forests and environment minister, Zafar, former secretary of forest and environment ministry, and Anwarul Islam were accused of causing a loss of Tk 3.21 crore to the national exchequer and abusing power.
ACC Assistant Director SM Shahidur Rahman filed the case.
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