Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested four persons, including president and general secretary of Islamia Market Traders Multipurpose Cooperatives Limited (IMTMCL), for allegedly swindling Tk 41 lakh from a businessman.
The accused have been identified as the IMTMCL President Abdur Razzaque Bhuiyan, General Secretary Ali Akkas, former President Makbul Hossain Khan and former Vice-President Amir Hossain Khokan. Deputy Director of ACC and Investigation Officer SM Rafiqul Islam arrested them when they went to the ACC’s Headquarters on Sunday to face interrogation, the ACC sources said.
Later, they had been handed over to Ramna Police Station. They will now be produced in the court on Monday. On February 11, the ACC served notices asking them to be present at the ACC’s head office.
In December 2015, the national anti-graft body filed a case against the arrested persons for allegedly swindling about Tk 41 lakh from Islamia Market Traders Multipurpose Cooperatives Limited in the city’s New Market area. According to the case statement, the Cooperative Limited earlier took Tk 41 lakh from businessman Anwarullah Khandaker for giving membership in the cooperatives. Finally, all the accused in collusion with one another allegedly embezzled the money.
