ACC arrests 13 for stealing Tk 9.5cr

The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday arrested 13 persons across the country in 10 separate cases filed between 2014 and 2016 for misappropriating over Tk 9.5 crore.

Safir Uddin Akanda, a sacked class III employee of Rajhdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, was held for possessing undisclosed money worth Tk 1.65 crore.

Former president and cashier Rafiqul Islam and Abdul Quader respectively of CGA Samabaya Rindan Samity, a cooperative of government auditors, were arrested for misappropriating around Tk 2.33 crore.

Khaled Saiful, proprietor of Handi International, a private company, was arrested for laundering Tk 27.68 lakh to Hong Kong.

MA Sattar, vice president of Agrani Commerce and Finance Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Ltd, was held for misappropriating Tk 4.84 crore. The five were arrested in Dhaka.

Abdul Wahab, former senior manager of Chhankanda Branch of Grameen Bank, was held in Jamalpur for misappropriating Tk 16.34 lakh.

Mokatar Ali, former administrative officer of Jessore Housing Estate; Morshed Alam, former second officer of Fulbaria Branch of Rupali Bank; Rokanuzzaman, chairman of Rambhadrapur union in Mymensingh; Mohammad Shafikul Islam, upazila project implementation officer of Mymensingh; Moidul Islam, former assistant engineer of Power Development Board of Mymensingh; Hosne Ara, junior account assistant, PDB in Mymensingh; and one Monirul Haque were arrested in Jessore, Mymensingh and Comilla for misappropriating about Tk 30 lakh and grabbing a 75.5 decimal land.