Accused plan to move HC for bail as police 'inactive'

They have to procure copies of documents from the central record store of the postal department, according to sources in the team.

On the other hand, the role of police in arresting the six accused postal employees is being questioned by different quarters. None of them could be arrested while police say they are absconding.

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Police sources say the Anti-corruption Commission should probe the matter. But police neither transferred the cases to the ACC nor arrested any of the culprits.

Some sources claimed that they are planning to move the High Court for interim bail.

Probe team sources said organised gangs with their accomplices in other post offices in greater Rangpur were involved in the scam since 1989.

The gangs damaged all relevant documents after defalcating funds in a planned way before the probe started.

The defalcated amount may reach Tk five crore, they said.

Led by Additional Post Master General Amanullah Majumder, the five-member team is examining postal saving accounts, saving certificates and money order transactions.

The gangs tempered accounts to misappropriate funds. Citing an example, a team member said that while verifying ledger book No. 42 in the saving bank, the balance in account No. 8562 was found at Tk 5.25 only. But it was shown at Tk five lakh by tempering and the total amount was then drawn.

In account No. 2560, the balance was Tk one lakh 35 thousand. The miscreants drew Tk one lakh by tempering the ledger balance.

The accused persons are Post Master Gaolam Nabi Sarker, Assistant Post Master Rafiqul Islam, CBA leader Habibur Rahman and postal operators Solaiman Ali, Golam Mostafa and Rafiqul Islam.