ACC quizzes five DGHS officials

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed five officials of Directorate General of Health Services, including its Director General (DG) Abul Kalam Azad over irregularities and misappropriation of government funds regarding buying furniture for Cox’s Bazar Medical College.

The others are: Line Director Abdur Rashid, Programme Manager Md Yunus, Deputy Programme Manager Kamrul Kibria and Chief Assistant Abdul Malek.

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A team led by Deputy Director Mahbubul Alam interrogated them at the DGHS office in the capital’s Mohakhali.

ACC also served a notice to clerk Khairul Alam, but he was not present at the office yesterday.

The anti-graft team also collected relevant information and documents of furniture purchase for the medical college in 2016-17 fiscal.

In December 2017, principal of the medical college sought allocation of about Tk 20.85 crore for buying furniture, ACC sources said.

The DGHS officials approved the proposal.

Two construction firms got the tender for procurement, and one of them was paid Tk 3.49cr, ACC officials added.

“There was no allocation for furniture in the budget, still the DG and other officials recommended for the allocation. It is clear that corruption has taken place,” Mahbubul said.

Talking to journalists, DG Azad denied the allegations, and said ACC sought his cooperation and he is abiding by it.