UNB, Dhaka :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed two cases against former chief engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Shahidul Alam for allegedly getting involved in corruption and acquiring illegal wealth.
ACC deputy director Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan filed the cases against him with the city’s Ramna and Kalabagan police stations, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
According to the first information report (FIR) of one case, the national anti-graft agency
earlier received an allegation that Shahidul acquired unusual wealth through illegal means when he worked at the BPDB.
Taking the allegation into consideration, the Commission asked him to submit his wealth report before it. Responding to the ACC’s directive, he submitted his wealth statement to the Commission.
Scrutinising his wealth report, the ACC found that Shahidul accumulated illegal wealth worth over Tk 24 lakh, which was not mentioned in his wealth statement.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed two cases against former chief engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Shahidul Alam for allegedly getting involved in corruption and acquiring illegal wealth.
ACC deputy director Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan filed the cases against him with the city’s Ramna and Kalabagan police stations, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
According to the first information report (FIR) of one case, the national anti-graft agency
earlier received an allegation that Shahidul acquired unusual wealth through illegal means when he worked at the BPDB.
Taking the allegation into consideration, the Commission asked him to submit his wealth report before it. Responding to the ACC’s directive, he submitted his wealth statement to the Commission.
Scrutinising his wealth report, the ACC found that Shahidul accumulated illegal wealth worth over Tk 24 lakh, which was not mentioned in his wealth statement.
