8 held by ACC in graft cases

The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday arrested eight people in the country in various graft cases.

Former superintendent engineer of Wasa JM Rabiul Kawser was held in a case filed with Mirpur Model police in 2014 over swindling of nearly Tk 14 lakh, said ACC sources.

Meanwhile, ACC approved suing Rafiqul Islam, former additional director general of the Department of Immigration and Passport, for possessing undisclosed wealth worth Tk 1,68,44,000.

Jahangir Alam, a physician, was held as he used to give fake professional certificates to others.

Razu Ahmed, former cashier of Progressive Life Insurance, was arrested in a case filed with Mirpur Model police in 2014 over misappropriating Tk 17.7 lakh of policy holders.

Sacked office secretary of Ansar VDP Development Bank Delawar Hossain Shahin was held for misappropriating Tk 14.6 lakh.

The four were arrested in Dhaka.

Besides, Al Mahmud of Brahmanbaria Palli Bidyut Samity was held over embezzling Tk 5.74 lakh of consumers in Comilla, one Nurul Amin for cheating people and grabbing their wealth in Tangail, sacked manager of Burail Nandigram Branch of Grameen Bank Babul Aktar over siphoning Tk 6.5 lakh in Bogra and land broker Ashraful Rizvi over pocketing Tk 2.95 lakh in Dinajpur.