ACC sues 11 Kashba ward commissioners
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed cases against 11 commissioners of Kashba pourasabha in Brahmanbaria district for corruption and causing loss of government revenue.
Shaheen Ara Mamataz, assistant director of ACC in Brahmanbaria, filed the cases with Kasba Police Station following investigation of a written complaint filed by Commissioner Tajul Islam seven months ago.
The accused are -- Abul Hossain, Md Jasim Uddin, Md Akter Hossain, Md Hirachan Mia, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Farook Ahmed, Nurunnabi Dulal, Nizam Uddin Sarker, Shiuly Akter, Anwara Begum and Ayesha Akter. Kasba police arrested the first five of them yesterday.
The accused commissioners committed different types of corruption including the leasing of shops at low rates and causing loss of government money, the ACC official said.
The name of another accused, pourasava administrator Md Rafiqul Islam, could not be included in the cases as he died on April 17, said an ACC source.
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