ACC sues 6 for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sued three persons including two inspectors of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in the capital on charge of misappropriating government's revenue.
Khairul Huda, a deputy director of ACC, said two BRTA Dhaka circle inspectors -- Sarwar Khan and AFM Fakhrul Amin -- and Mahbub-ur-Rahman, a Khilgaon resident, were sued.
The case statement says World Food Program imported, duty free, six vehicles --four Toyota Land Cruiser Jeeps and two microbuses -- that were later sold through open tenders.
Mahbub, who was the highest bidder, submitted fake documents showing that he deposited around Tk 43 lakh in Sonali Bank's Custom House Branch as government duty for the vehicles.
The two inspectors, assigned to verify the documents, submitted reports that the documents were real, said the statement.
Meanwhile, ACC filed another case against three persons with Bandar Police station in Chittagong for laundering money by opening a fake letter of credit (LC).
The accused are Saiful Islam, managing director of Shimul International Ltd, Saiful's business partner Fakir Abdul Hannan and Custom Jetty of Shimul International Sarker Habibur Rahman.
According to the case, the trio opened a fake LC to import compact yarn from Singapore but instead imported a BMW car, an AUDI car, a television and photocopier worth over Tk 1.36 crore.
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