ACC report says: 10 Rly sectors involved in corruption

Visiting Prime Minister speaking at a panel discussion on cooperation in the Pacific Rim at Dalian International Conference Centre on Tuesday.
Visiting Prime Minister speaking at a panel discussion on cooperation in the Pacific Rim at Dalian International Conference Centre on Tuesday.
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Staff Reporter :
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday submitted a report to the Ministry of Railways where its finding shows that a total of 10 Railway sectors involved in ‘corruption’.
The report also suggested 15 recommendations to cope with the existing ‘corruption’, said, Shariful Alam, Public Relations Officer of the Railways Ministry.
ACC Commissioner Mohammad Mozammel Haque Khan submitted the report to Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan at his office yesterday morning.
According to the report, officials and employees have built houses on the lands of Railways illegally and are living there.
Outsiders have occupied several hundred acres of Railway’s lands due to lack of enough surveillance, it said.
Different irregularities of the railways, including procurements and selling of train tickets, were also mentioned in the report.
Later, State Minister Nurul Islam Sujan at a briefing at his Ministry said that a zero tolerance policy has been adopted to prevent corruption.
He also added that the recommendations of the report would be implemented to curb corruption.
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