Two ex-AIGs sued on graft charges
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed two cases against two former assistant inspector generals (AIGs) of police and five other persons on charges of misappropriation of government funds.
ACC Commissioner Mohammad Sahabuddin told The Daily Star that ACC's assistant director Ajay Kumer Saha filed the cases with Paltan Police Station.
The cases filed against those are Mosharraf Hossain, now a special superintendent at the Special Branch (SB) of Police, Humayun Kabir, now SP of Sirajganj, Abdul Latif, accountant of Rajarbagh Police Telecom, Harun or Rashid, owner of Mrs Harun Enterprise, his representative Muntasir Alam and Shafiul Khokan, owner of Bakul Enterprise, and his representative Aminul Islam.
According to the statement in the cases, the seven persons in cooperation with each other misappropriated Tk 3.79 lakh in the name of repairing of electric lines of Telecom Auditorium and its canteen and bathrooms.
The irregularities took place from June 2, to June 30 of 2006 when two police officials-- Mosharraf Hossain and Humayun Kabir--were working at the Police Telecom Auditorium as AIG.
ACC official sources said ACC filed the case after they found irregularities in their preliminary investigation for the last few months.
ACC carried out the investigation following recommendation from the police department which found the irregularities, said a source.
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