Chittagong Bureau :
Two more officials have been suspended for embezzling Tk 30 crore from Chittagong General Post Office (GPO).
Earlier, two officers were also suspended in the scam.
The officials are Assistant Postmaster TI Saiful Islam, Assistant Postmaster Nipul Taposh Barua, Nur Mohammad and Sarwar Alam.
Besides, 22 staff of the Chittagong GOP have been transferred in this incident.
Confirming the matter, Chittagong GPO Postmaster General Nizam Uddin said that in the last five years, a gang has swindled around Tk 30 crore from customers by opening anonymous accounts in GPO.
The gang opened accounts in the GPO with one person’s photo and another’s information. The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation found evidence of embezzlement of around Tk 30 crore in 10 such cases.
GPO Assistant Postmaster Nur Mohammad and Sarwar Alam were arrested in the incident in 2020.
According to GPO sources, in 2020, irregularities amounting to around Tk 30 crore were caught by customers who had deposits in GPO. In these incidents, Assistant Postmaster TI Saiful Islam and Assistant Postmaster Nipul Taposh Barua were suspended last Wednesday.
Earlier, Assistant Postmasters Nur Mohammad and Sarwar Alam were suspended. In this incident 22 more people have been transferred.
Earlier, on November 24 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had filed a case against six people for embezzling Tk 3,08,39,000 from Chittagong GPO through forgery.
The accused in this case are- Md Rafiqul Islam, Shamim, Wahidul Alam, Mashhuda Begum, Ahmed Nur and Taslima Begum Nargis.
