Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday revealed in parliament a list of 456 people, mostly government officials, who were exempted from corruption charges on their confessions before now-defunct Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac).
The immediate past caretaker government formed Tac headed by Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, promulgating an ordinance for the corrupt to avoid trial by confessing the offences they had committed.
The Tac also confiscated the wealth they accumulated through corruption but kept their identities secret as per the law.
In reply to Awami League lawmaker Muhibur Rahman Manik, the premier revealed the written list.
According to the list, most of the corrupt belong to the Roads and Highway Department under the communications ministry, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (Desa) and the Department of Forest.
A good number of sub-registers also confessed their corruption before Tac, which was constituted mainly for the politicians facing corruption charges during the caretaker rule.
Son of former adviser to the caretaker government Justice Fazlul Haque and former state minister Major (retd) Quamrul Islam also confessed their corruption before Tac, says the list.
The Anti-Corruption Commission and National Coordination Committee on Serious Crimes sent their cases to Tac. A number of general cases were also sent to Tac, which also received some cases from the courts.
The following people confessed their charges to the Tac: Saiful Islam, chief engineer (temporarily suspended) of Sylhet City Corporation, Rozina Sultana Rimi, Shamsunnahar Chowdhury, Fakhrul Alam Talikder, additional chief engineer of roads and highway, Saiful Islam, executive engineer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Sharmina Islam, Abu Bakar Siddique, sub-assistant engineer of BIWTA, Fazila Khatun, Zahirul Islam, sub- assistant engineer of BIWTA (Khulna division), Afroza Khanam, AHM Farhaduzzaman, assistant engineer of BIWTA, Ferdous Zahan, Abdul Malek Kazi, sub-registrar, Dewan Zafrul Hasan, divisional forest officer (temporarily suspended), Zillur Rahman, deputy manager (estate) (temporarily suspended), Khairul Mostafa, project director (mechanical) of Chittagong port, AKM Faizur Rahman, former chief engineer of roads and highway, Zahurul Islam Khan, sub-registrar, Idris Ali, deputy director of audit, Sheikh Ali Ahmed, deputy director of accounts-2, Syed Sakhawat Hossain Chowdhury, senior accountant of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL), Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, deputy director of accounts-1, Abdul Hamid Hawlader, district registrar, and his wife Safura Khatun, Mujibar Rahman, former principal of Meherpur Govt. College, Mujibur Rahman, sub-registrar, Abdul Jabbar Khan, sub-registrar, Rezaul Karim, sub-registrar, Mohammad Ali, sub-registrar, Rezai Rabbi Matubalbud Darain and his wife Kamrun Nahar Jostna, Abdul Awal, sub-registrar, Nurul Islam, senior assistant of BRTA, Khandaker Azadur Rahman, chief engineer of roads and highway, Harun Al Rashid, former managing director of essential drugs, Manjur Ahmed Bhuiyan, executive engineer of roads and highway, Abdul Haque Miaji, assistant engineer, and his wife Jotsa Begum, Mashuk Uddin Ahmed, pipeline inspector, and his wife Hasna Begum, Farida Yasmin, Najmul Haque, former executive engineer of roads and highway, Delwar Begum, Suman Shahriar, Imon Shahriar, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, former chief engineer of roads and highway, Akhtar Hossain Khan, Hosne Ara Haque, Shahdat Hossain Bhuiyan, sub-registrar, Kamruzzaman, additional director general of POB-1, Mohammad Selim, union parishad chairman, Khandaker Golam Mostafa, executive engineer of roads and highway, Abdul Muktadir, superintendent engineer of roads and highway, Sammaituha Mariam, Fatema Begum, sub-registrar, Nurul Haque, sub-assistant engineer of roads and highway, Selina Haque, Manzur Rahman, additional director of bridge division, Delwara Begum, Kazi Nazrul Islam, deputy divisional engineer of public works department, Fasih Uddin, deputy secretary of cabinet division, Habibur Rahman, retired official of Titas Gas, Afzal Hossain Raj, son of former adviser to the caretaker government Justice Fazlul Haque, Tarikur Rahman Prince, Abdul Malek, Mazharul Islam, senior assistant of roads and highway, Peer Mohammad, executive engineer of roads and highway, Golam Mohammad, sub-divisional engineer of roads and highway, Gorgis Hossain, executive engineer of roads and highway, Razia Sultana, Umme Habiba, Mashihur Rahman Beg, terminal manager, and his wife Nilufa Akhtar, Sujaul Hasan, Khandaker Humayun Kabir, sub-registrar, Abdul Jalil, sub-registrar, Abdur Rab, police inspector of Chittagong, Khandaker Abdur Raszzak, assistant police super of Rajshahi, Aminul Haque Sarker, assistant director of BRTA, Helal Uddin Talukder, assistant engineer of public works department, Saidur Rahman Mollah, upazila family planning assistant of Rajbari, Nasima Yasmin, upazila family planning official of Rajbari, Shahidul Islam, office assistant of Rajbari, Abdur Sattar, sub-registrar of Jamalpur, Abdul Baten, sub-registrar, Ali Kabir Haider, forest conservator, and his wife Rita Ismat Ara, Moktar Alam, superintendent engineer of roads and highway, Adam Ali Gazi, former additional chief engineer of roads and highway, GS Raihana Rahmat, Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, assistant official of BGSL, Shafiqul Alam, deputy manager of Bangladesh Silk Foundation, Khaled Sayefullah, sales assistant of BGSL, Mohammad Majibar, deputy ranger of Faridpur, Kazi Mahinur Rahman, forest ranger of Faridpur, Ahaduzzaman, forest guard, Shahidul Alam, forester, Habibur Rahman, forester, Kamrul Islam, forest ranger, Nirmal Kumar Mandal, forester, Abu Bakar Siddique, forester, Nazrul Islam, forester, Noor Mohammad, Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury, gate surgeon, Anisur Rahman Sarder, executive engineer, Gazi Mohammad Rafique Ullah Nesari, super/editor, Abed Ali, traffic sergeant, Abul Bashar, Shahid Hossain Khan Chowdhury, director of BRTA, Abul Hashem Mia, former supervisor, AKM Anwar Hossain, sub-registrar, Habibur Rahman Khan, chief hydrographer, and his wife Rokhsana Khan, Mostak Hossain, superintendent engineer of roads and highway, Afzala Hossain, Shahidullah, sub-registrar, major (retd) Kamrul Islam, Sanaul Haque, executive engineer of roads and highway, Abdul Azim Zoarder, former executive engineer of roads and highway, Yakub Chowdhury, Noor Hossain, former superintendent engineer, Manzila Ara, Abul Kalam M Shamsuzzaman, Manzur Ahmed, director, Iqbal Hossain Majumder, acting chief engineer, Kazi Hasan Bin Shams, acting superintendent engineer, Mohammad Aman, Nurul Amin Bhuiyan, assistant engineer, Syed Mohammad Zahirul Haque, Mohammad Ilias, assistant engineer, Mohammad Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury, director, Ali Akbar, Haji Mohammad Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury, Shamsul Alam, Saleh Zahur, AKM Jasim Uddin, Ishak Chowdhury, Mohammad Ismail, Nurul Islam, Mostak Ahmed Chowdhury, assistant director, Mohammad Ilias, assistant engineer, Fani Bhusan Sarker, cashier cum supervisor, Zannatul Mawa, Abdul Majid, principal appraiser, Abdul Latif Biswas, work supervisor, Nur Alam, sub-assistant engineer, SM Zahurul Haque Rabbani, principal, textile, Shahidullah, instructor, M Atiqul Azam, forest conservator, Asia Azam, Asit Ranjan Pal, divisional forest officer, Ranjana Biswas, Anisur Rahman Chowhdury, finance and accounts officer, Akhtar Hossain, superintendent engineer of roads and highway, Rabbus Sobhan, sub-registrar, Harunur Rashid, accountant, Shahabuddin, additional chief engineer of roads and highway, Saleha Banu, Sohrab Uddin Mia, former executive engineer, Saidur Hasan, store keeper, Shamsul Haque, store keeper, Abdul Momin, assistant acting store keeper, Morshid Abedin, project engineer, Abdus Selim, vehicle inspector, Selina Begum Joarder, Salahuddin, forester, Narayan Chandra Majumder, forester, Nirmal Kumar Dutta, forester, Modasser Hossain, forester, Mohammad Selim, forester, Abdur Razzaq, sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Mohammad Alam, partner of Mhctsl, Shahidullah Khan, partner of Mhctsl, Mohammad Ali, former sub-divisional engineer of RHD, Emdadul Haq, former deputy assistant engineer, Kazi Nazrul Islam, former sub- assistant engineer of RHD, Habibur Rahman Khan, former sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Darul Islam, former sub-divisional engineer of RHD, ASM Saiful Islam, former sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Badrul Alam, former sub-divisional engineer of RHD, Abul Bashar Mia, former sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Abu Saleh Mohammad Nuruzzaman, former sub-divisional engineer of RHD, AKM Azad Rahman, former sub-divisional engineer of RHD, Nur Alam, sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Keramat Ali, proprietor of M/s Binimoy Traders, Abdul Gaffar Hossain, proprietor of M/s AG Traders, Bishwajit Singha, clerk cum typist, Mohammad Zakaria, office assistant, Sahin Hawlader, storekeeper, Abul Bashor Chowdhury, security inspector, Rafiqul Islam Patwari, upper divisional assistant, Farida Akhtar, Harunur Rashid, sub-registrar, Abdul Halim, retired sub-divisional engineer of RHD, Nurul Amin, retired customs supervisor, Jalilur Rahman, superintendent engineer of RHD, Jil Hossain, health assistant, Jahangir Kabir, Kazi Nurun Nabi of Mirpur in Dhaka, Gul Nahar Begum, Nazir Ahmed Bhuiyan, deputy assistant settlement officer, Abul Kalam, sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Abdul Matin, sub-assistant engineer of RHD, Hosne Ara Bina, Rafiqul Islam, sub-assistant engineer, Abdul Mazid Mandal, line assistant, Abdul Gofran Bhuiyan, appraiser of Customs House, Nazrul Islam, sub-assistant engineer, Shafiqul Islam, sub-assistant engineer, Syed Belal Hossain, municipal land assistant official, Surut Zaman, deputy secretary, Touhida Bedum, Delwar Hossain, inspector, Khodejatul Kobra, Mostafizur Rahman, former assistant engineer, Nazmul Alam, executive engineer, Saiful Islam, accountant, Arifur Rahman, superintendent engineer, Raihana Rahman, Mahfizur Rahman, principal appraiser, Sankar Kumar Das, deputy secretary, Safiul Azam, lecturer, Shammi Akhter, lecturer, PK Mizan Reza, lecturer, Selina Parvin, office assistant, Habibur Rahman, superintendent engineer, Fatema Khairun Nesa, Akbar Hossain, auditor, Harun Al Rashid, former managing director, Khosruzzaman Milton, treasurer, Abul Bashar Bhuiyan, former additional law secretary, AKM Harun Ar Rashid, upazila secondary education officer, Mridha Nazrul Islam, retired executive engineer, Saida Islam, Safiul Azam Bhuiyan, executive engineer of RHD, Sakila Azam, Mir Nasir Uddin, chairman, Prof Fazle Hossain, mathematics department of Chittagong University, Abdus Samad Miah, sub-registrar, Afroza Samad, Achia Begum, Akbar Kazi, Touhidul Islam, Bazlur Haq, sub-assistant engineer, Moksed Ali, Baser Ali, Khorshed Alam, Farid Uddin, Akbar Ali Munshi, Azahar Ali, Azizur Rahman, sub-registrar, Moinul Haq, general manager, Ahmed Sobhan, retired appraiser, Abdur Rouf Talukder, Jahirul Islam, Nazrul Islam, assistant engineer, Shakhawat Hossain, sub-divisional engineer, Keramat Ali Khan, retired GM (marketing), Anwar Hossain, Kabir Ahmed, Parvin Sultan Chowdhury, ASM Mominul Haq, market supervisor, Khandaker Sujit Ali, additional chief engineer, Begum Roushan Ara Chowdhury, Lutfar Rahman, Mizanur Rahman, Jahangir Alam, sub-post master, Mokia Khatun, operator, Nurul Islam, former operator, Abu Torab Sarkar, chairman, Mohammad Abul Kalam, MLSS of customs, Khaibar Ali, health assistant, Nurun Nahar, Sayeda Khanam, Golam Ahmed Faruq, Afroza Karim, Ferdousi Akhter, Laila Azad, Maksuda Zaman, Ferdousi Mostafa, AKM Bazlur Rashid, retired district registrar, Mahmuda Begum, Lutfun Nahar Islam, Sufia Begum, Basobi Maksud, Mohammad Faruk, sub-registrar, Abdul Wadud, sub-registrar, Nasiruddin, sub-registrar office of Gulshan, Mahbubur Rahman Khan, office assistant of Uttara sub-registrar office, Selina Begum, Hamida Begum, Naima Ahmed, Salma Parvin, Ayesha Khatun, Shahina Rahman, Abdul Quader Mollah, managing director of Tharmax group in Dhaka, M Kalamuddin Ahmed, deputy manager of Titas Gas, Ali Asgar Siddique, assistant technical officer of Titas Gas, Mahfuzul Haque, ATO of Titas Gas, Jahangir Alam Hawlader, ATO of Titas Gas, Maksudul Al, ATO of Titas Gas, Akhtaruzzaman, sub-assistant engineer of Titas Gas, BM Zakir Hossain, retired assistant manager of Titas Gas, Golam Mostafa Khan, sub-assistant engineer of Titas Gas, Golam Hossain Patwari, deputy manager of Titas Gas, Farid Uddin, manager of Titas Gas, Masudul Hasan, deputy manager of Titas Gas, Mostafizur Rahman of Titas Gas, GM Anwar, account assistant of Titas Gas, Mozaffar Hossain, meter reader of Titas Gas, Ruhul Amin, meter reader of Titas Gas, Makbul Hossain, meter reader of Titas Gas, Bazlur Rahman, meter reader of Titas Gas, Mofazzal Hossain, supervisor assistant, Ruhul Amin, meter reader of Titas Gas, Sirajul Haque, retired official of Titas Gas, Shahinul Islam, sales assistant of Titas Gas, Khorshed Alam Patwari, sales assistant of Titas Gas, Altaf Hossain Gazi, meter reader of Titas Gas, Kamal Hossain, meter reader of Titas Gas, Rafizul Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, Rafiqul Islam, meter reader of Titas Gas, Shafique Ullah, meter reader of Titas Gas, Mozammel Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abdul Quddus Mia, account assistant of Titas Gas, Moslemuddin, meter reader of Titas Gas, Zahurul Islam, meter reader of Titas Gas, Sazzad Hossain, meter reader of Titas Gas, Mohammad Kajimuddin, welder of Titas Gas, Sirajul Islam, supervisor assistant of Titas Gas, ABM Selim, supervisor of Titas Gas, Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury, supervisor of Titas Gas, Mansur Ali Shikder, meter reader of Titas Gas, Bhajan Kumar Banik, meter reader of Titas Gas, Azadul Haque, TCC of Titas Gas, Mashudul Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abbas Uddin, meter reader of Titas Gas, Rezaul Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, ABM Nurunnabi, sales assistant of Titas Gas, Nurul Islam of Titas Gas, DM Quader, official of Titas Gas, Ashrafuddin Bhuiyan, meter reader of Titas Gas, Mohammad Mannan, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abdul Jabbar, supervisor of Titas Gas, Habibur Rahman, meter reader of Titas Gas, Sheikh Shahidul Islam, meter reader of Titas Gas, Harun-or-Rashid, retired inspector accounts of Titas Gas, Anwarul Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, Jalaluddin, junior accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Abdul Kader, meter reader of Titas Gas, Zakirul Hossain Bhuiyan, sales assistant of Titas Gas, Golam Mostafa Kamal, meter reader of Titas Gas, Mohammad Yunus, junior official of Titas Gas, Sohrab Ali, meter reader of Titas Gas, Taposh Kumar Dey, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abu Taher, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Abdus Salam Mollah, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Shahidul Alam Gazi, meter reader of Titas Gas, Harunur Rashid, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abdul Barek Hawlader, office assistant of Titas Gas, Mostafa Saiful Islam, meter reader of Titas Gas, Zobair Hossain, supervisor of Titas Gas, Abu Musa, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Jahangir Alam, sales assistant of Titas Gas, Mostafa Kamal, welder of Titas Gas, Abu Masud, supervisor assistant of Titas Gas, Delwar Morshed, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Mohsin Ali, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abdus Salam, junior official of Titas Gas, Kazi Abdul Hannan, supervisor of Titas Gas, Rahmatul Muktadir, supervisor of Titas Gas, Shafiuddin, supervisor of Titas Gas, Golam Mostafa Khan Yusuf Zai, supervisor of Titas Gas, Sarwar Hossain, supervisor of Titas Gas, Asaduzzaman, senior electrician of Titas Gas, Azizul Islam, junior welder of Titas Gas, Ishak Mia, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Yunus Ali Gazi, office assistant of Titas Gas, Mohammad Yusuf, retired development assistant of Titas Gas, Saiful Islam, accounts assistant of Titas gas, Abdur Razzak, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Abdur Rashid, assistant of Titas Gas, MM Harun Al Rashid, supervisor of Titas Gas, Hanif Sheikh, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Akhtarul Islam, meter reader of Titas Gas, Abdul Alim Khan, meter reader of Titas Gas, Zakir Hossain, accounts assistant of Titas Gas, Mohammad Hossain Khan, retired employee of Titas Gas, Tofazzel Hossain Patwari, employee of Titas Gas, Mozammel Haque, TCC of Titas Gas, AKM Anawarul Haque, meter reader of Titas Gas, Saiful Islam, executive engineer of BIWTA, Ibrahim Hossain, former director of BIWTA, Gias Uddin Ahmed, additional chief engineer of RHD, Mohammad Ishak, retired employee of Titas Gas, Zakir Hossain, accounts assistant, Zahirul Islam of housing authority, Faridul Islam, sub-assistant engineer of housing authority, Mir Zahurul Arefin, sub-assistant engineer of housing authority, Lokman Hossain Mollah, deputy director (engineer) of BRTA, Dibakar Sengupta, manager of BGSL in Comilla, Taijul Islam, engineer of BGSL of Laxmipur, Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, assistant official of BGSL, Khalid Saifullah, sales assistant of BGSL, Shahidul Islam Khandaker, store assistant of Chittagong, Rehan Miji, technician of BGML of Chittagong, Alamgir Patwari, office assistant of BGML in Chittagong, Abul Kashem, sales assistant of BGSL in Comilla, Akhtar Hossain, technician grade-1 of Bakhrabad Gas Field in Comilla, Abdur Rab, caretaker of BGSL in Comilla, Mainul Islam, caretaker of BGSL in Comilla, AKM Obaidur Rahman Khan Chowdhury, assistant engineer of BGSL in Comilla, Shahidul Islam, director general (engineer) of BRTA, Fazlul Karim, assistant engineer of Desa, Shahidullah Talukder, meter reader of Desa, Rafiqul Islam Bhuiyan, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Harun ur Rashid, meter inspector of Desa, Tafazzel Hossain Khan, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Mosharraf Hossain, assistant engineer of Desa, Abdul Baten, deputy divisional engineer of Desa, Shafiqul Islam, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Tofaye Ahmed, assistant engineer of Desa, ABM Kamrul Islam, meter inspector of Desa, Omar Faruk Mollah, senior accounts assistant of Desa, Abu Syed, senior accounts assistant of Desa, Habibur Rahman, executive engineer of Desa, Mozammel Haque, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Ali Mostafa Kamal, meter reader of Desa, Mizanur Rahman, meter reader of Desa, Sheikh Abdus Salam, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Abul Hayat, CSB of Desa, Saleh Uddin, executive engineer of Desa, Sohrab Hossain, meter reader of Desa, Kazi Nazrul Islam, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Morshed Alam Khan, CMB of Desa, Akram Hossain, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Majibur Rahman, senior meter inspector of Desa, Ranajit Kumar Dutta, superintendent engineer of Desa, Amir Ali, assistant accountant of Desa, Abdur Rashid Mia, meter reader of Desa, Habibur Rahman, assistant engineer of Desa, Helal Uddin Ahmed, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, SM Ilias, assistant engineer of Desa, Shamsul Haque, sub-assistant engineer of Desa, Abdus Salam, executive engineer of Desa, Sultan Ahmed, deputy divisional engineer of DPDC, Saiful Islam, executive engineer (manager technical) of DPDC, Enamuddin, Probir Chandra Singha, AFM Manjurul Islam, retired chief engineer of Public works department, and his wife Akhtar Jahan Rubi, Shamsul Alam, former attorney assistant of Agrani Bank in Bogra, Bulu Mia Mandal, officer (temporarily suspended) of Agrani Bank, Mansur Rahman, Majibur Rahman, cashier cum senior assistant (temporarily suspended), Nazrul Islam, former manager and present officer, Ziaul Islam, acting director (temporarily suspended) of BIWTA, Mosharraf Hossain Thakur, Kazi Mahbubur Rahman, vehicle inspector (temporarily suspended) of BRTA, Shaban Ali, auditor upazila accountant office of Natore, Dewan Mojahar Hossain, sub-registrar (temporarily suspended), ABM Salekuzzaman, technical assistant of BRTA and Abul Kalam Azad, assistant post master (temporarily suspended).