Staff Reporter :
A court of Dinajpur has sent three accused, including one former Barapukuria coal mine managing director, to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for stealing coal from the mine.
The cncicts are former Managing Director Habib Uddin Ahmed, Deputy General Manager AKM Khademul Islam, and General Manager Abu Taher Mohammad Nuruzzaman Chowdhury.
Dinajpur District and Sessions Judge Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan passed the order on Wednesday.
The accused pleaded for their bail when the police produced them in the court. However, the court rejected their bail pleas.
Meanwhile, the Dinajpur court issued arrest warrants against seven former Barapukuria coal mine managing directors and 16 others in the same case on Tuesday.
From January 2006 to July 19, 2018, about143,727.92 tons of coals were stolen from the mine. The estimated value of which was around Tk243 crore.
The massive irregularity came to light when a team from Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) visited the coal mine and detected
that there was no adequate reserve of coal to run the Barapukuria thermal power plant. Petrobangla formed a three-member committee to investigate the corruption. The Anti-Corruption Commission also formed a three-member probe committee to look into the matter.
A court of Dinajpur has sent three accused, including one former Barapukuria coal mine managing director, to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for stealing coal from the mine.
The cncicts are former Managing Director Habib Uddin Ahmed, Deputy General Manager AKM Khademul Islam, and General Manager Abu Taher Mohammad Nuruzzaman Chowdhury.
Dinajpur District and Sessions Judge Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan passed the order on Wednesday.
The accused pleaded for their bail when the police produced them in the court. However, the court rejected their bail pleas.
Meanwhile, the Dinajpur court issued arrest warrants against seven former Barapukuria coal mine managing directors and 16 others in the same case on Tuesday.
From January 2006 to July 19, 2018, about143,727.92 tons of coals were stolen from the mine. The estimated value of which was around Tk243 crore.
The massive irregularity came to light when a team from Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) visited the coal mine and detected
that there was no adequate reserve of coal to run the Barapukuria thermal power plant. Petrobangla formed a three-member committee to investigate the corruption. The Anti-Corruption Commission also formed a three-member probe committee to look into the matter.
