ACC suspends its official
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday suspended one of its assistant directors for concealing income source in his income tax file regarding ownership of land worth Tk 1.75 crore and Tk 12.86 lakh in bank account.
The suspension order, issued by Commissioner Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed, of the ACC reads that the activities of Amirul Islam, an assistant director, are detrimental to the interests of the public.
An inquiry on June 30 in 2016 has found Tk 12,86,844 in his account with Sonali Bank Segunbagicha branch, whereas in his wealth statement of 2016-17, he mentioned zero balance in his bank account.
In the income tax file Amirul showed that he and his wife own 1.3 acres of land with a current market value of Tk 1.75 crore in Gazipur and Tangail. He did not disclose the source of the money to purchase the property, nor did he seek the authority's approval for the purchase, according to the order.
“Amirul will experience consequences similar to a corrupt person. There won't be any exception,” said Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, director general of ACC.
They launched the inquiry after a victim filed a complaint against Amirul, he also said.
Last October, the ACC suspended another of its assistant directors for “misusing power” as he did not file cases against encroachers of public land in Mymensingh.
FIVE SONALI BANK STAFF ARRESTED
The ACC yesterday arrested five officials and employees of the state-run Sonali Bank in connection with a case field over misappropriating about 1.97 crore from the bank.
All of them were arrested at Maizdi in Noakhali.
The arrestees are Mostaq Ahmed Siddiqui, senior principal officer and manager of Sudharam branch; Mir Abdul Latif, deputy general manager of principal branch in Kishoreganj; Samsuddoha Nahad, superintendent engineer; Jaker Ullah, senior officer; and MA Rahman, cash officer.
According to the statement of the case -- filed against seven persons on April 17, 2016 -- the arrestees, in collaboration with others, created fake pledge letter and withdrew Tk 1,97,16,700 as loan from Noakhali branch of Sonali Bank.
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