ACC sues railway official over graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued a railway official for allegedly taking bribe and not disclosing his sources of income, officials said.
Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) Sharif Uddin of ACC Chittagong Zone filed the case with Kotwali Police Station against Oli Ullah Sumon, an assistant claims inspector at Bangladesh Railway.
According to the case statement, from August 2010 to January 2018, a total of Tk 1.38cr was deposited into two bank accounts held by Sumon at Sonali Bank Limited and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
ACC investigations found that the money came from different parts of the country in his accounts during this time, the DAD said, adding that the transactions raised suspicion.
“Sumon mentioned salary and family business as his source of income while opening the bank accounts. But the probe found that he had no such family business. Also, it is illegal for a government employee to do any business while in service. Therefore, the source of his money is unclear,” the ACC official said.
In 2013, he bought five decimals of land worth Tk 24 lakh in Kishorganj, the ACC found during probe.
In 2016, he took Tk 3,40,000 as bribe from one Mizanur Rahman, promising that he would arrange a job for Mizan in the railway, the DAD added.
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