Joynal Abedin Khan & Kamruzzaman Bablu :
The countrywide ongoing drive of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has created ‘arrest panic’ among the corrupt people.
The ACC members have already detained at least 35 accused, including high profile persons, in fraud cases from across the country in last 19 days, said Pranab Kumer Bhattacharjee, Public Relations Officer of ACC.
The anti-graft body is now showing zero tolerance to arrest accused persons after getting green signal from the authorities concerned, sources said.
The ACC on Sunday arrested an official of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) from Dhaka and a businessman from Chittagong over their links with separate corruption cases.
The detained persons are RAJUK accounts officer Tahmidul Islam Milon and FF Apparel Garments Limited Deputy Managing Director Sirajul Islam.
ACC deputy director Abu Bakar Siddique arrested Tahmidul from the capital’s Segunbagicha area while another deputy director Abdul Aziz Bhuyan arrested Sirajul from the Agrabad area in port city Chittagong.
Earlier, the ACC on Wednesday arrested six persons from different parts of the country on charge of misappropriation of money from some government projects.
They are two bankers, a civil surgeon, an upazila engineer, a deputy assistant of Public Health Department and a contractor. They were arrested from Dhaka, Chittagong and
Gaibandha districts respectively, said Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
An ACC team led by its director Mir Zainal Abedin Shibly arrested executive officers of Sonali Bank Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Zakir Hossain and Barisal civil surgeon Aftab Uddin from the city’s Segunbagicha area.
ACC assistant director Amirul Islam detained former civil surgeon of Barisal Altaf Uddin Ahmed from Segunbagicha area in a Tk 92 lakh graft case earlier filed by the anti-graft body.
Another team of the commission’s Chittagong divisional office led by its director Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan arrested LGED’s former engineer of Baghaichari upazila Ziaul Haque Dulal from Agrabad area of the port city.
Meanwhile, an ACC team with the help of police detained Abdul Khalek, proprietor of M/s Abdul Khalek, and ASM Arif Billah, deputy assistant engineer of the Department of Public Health Engineering from Gaibandha Sadar. M/s Abdul Khalek got a work order last year to construct a toilet at Eghadumura Government Primary School in Gaibandha Sadar and it started the construction work in September 2015 involving Tk 8.5 lakh.
On the other hand, the ACC arrested a director of RAJUK and an assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on April 11 in connection with fraud cases.
A team of ACC led by its deputy director Rafiqul Islam arrested AKM Shafiqur Rahman, director of Purbachal Housing Project of Rajuk, from Segunbagicha area.
Besides, another team of the anti-corruption watchdog arrested Abu Ashraf Siddique, assistant director of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in Ikuria area, on the outskirt of the capital Dhaka.
At least four persons were arrested in different drives in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on April 10. They are Sundar Ali, Shipan Mai, inhabitants of Sundarganj, said Dr Md Abul Hasan, director of Sylhet division.
Two others arrested are Hossaain Ahmed, former manager of Standard Bank of Biswanath upzaila in Sylhet, and Salah Uddin, cashier of the same branch.
Earlier on March 28, the ACC arrested four people, including a Basic Bank official, in connection with swindling out of huge money from the state-run bank.
An ACC team, led by its director Syed Iqbal Hossain, conducted drives in the city’s Gulshan, Uttara, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur areas and detained the four people.
The detainees are Syed Hasibul Gani of M/s Emerent Dress Limited, proprietor of Asian Shipping BD Md Akbar Hossain, managing director of a private firm Foyzun Nabi Chowdhury and assistant general manager of Basic Bank Iqramul Bari.
On January 7, the commission arrested three officials of Basic Bank in connection with the loan scam. They are the bank’s former deputy managing directors Fazlus Sobhan and Md Selim and assistant general manager Shiper Ahmed.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) executive director Dr Iftekharuzzman said the ACC might arrest the accused to maintain its rules and regulations.
The arrest drive is being applauded by the people as the commission is conducting the drive as part of its duty, the TIB director said.
He termed the continuous arrest drive as a courageous step of the commission.
ACC Secretary Abu Md Mostafa Kamal told The New Nation on Sunday, “The concerned investigation officers (IOs) are arresting the accused persons to conduct free and fair investigation. They were not instructed from the commission to arrest the charged people.”
He said that the investigation officers could arrest the accused according to their power like an Officer-in-Charge (OC) of any police station under the rules and regulations of the ACC. The commission is conducting the arrest drive to gear up its investigation, said the ACC secretary.
The countrywide ongoing drive of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has created ‘arrest panic’ among the corrupt people.
The ACC members have already detained at least 35 accused, including high profile persons, in fraud cases from across the country in last 19 days, said Pranab Kumer Bhattacharjee, Public Relations Officer of ACC.
The anti-graft body is now showing zero tolerance to arrest accused persons after getting green signal from the authorities concerned, sources said.
The ACC on Sunday arrested an official of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) from Dhaka and a businessman from Chittagong over their links with separate corruption cases.
The detained persons are RAJUK accounts officer Tahmidul Islam Milon and FF Apparel Garments Limited Deputy Managing Director Sirajul Islam.
ACC deputy director Abu Bakar Siddique arrested Tahmidul from the capital’s Segunbagicha area while another deputy director Abdul Aziz Bhuyan arrested Sirajul from the Agrabad area in port city Chittagong.
Earlier, the ACC on Wednesday arrested six persons from different parts of the country on charge of misappropriation of money from some government projects.
They are two bankers, a civil surgeon, an upazila engineer, a deputy assistant of Public Health Department and a contractor. They were arrested from Dhaka, Chittagong and
Gaibandha districts respectively, said Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
An ACC team led by its director Mir Zainal Abedin Shibly arrested executive officers of Sonali Bank Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Zakir Hossain and Barisal civil surgeon Aftab Uddin from the city’s Segunbagicha area.
ACC assistant director Amirul Islam detained former civil surgeon of Barisal Altaf Uddin Ahmed from Segunbagicha area in a Tk 92 lakh graft case earlier filed by the anti-graft body.
Another team of the commission’s Chittagong divisional office led by its director Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan arrested LGED’s former engineer of Baghaichari upazila Ziaul Haque Dulal from Agrabad area of the port city.
Meanwhile, an ACC team with the help of police detained Abdul Khalek, proprietor of M/s Abdul Khalek, and ASM Arif Billah, deputy assistant engineer of the Department of Public Health Engineering from Gaibandha Sadar. M/s Abdul Khalek got a work order last year to construct a toilet at Eghadumura Government Primary School in Gaibandha Sadar and it started the construction work in September 2015 involving Tk 8.5 lakh.
On the other hand, the ACC arrested a director of RAJUK and an assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on April 11 in connection with fraud cases.
A team of ACC led by its deputy director Rafiqul Islam arrested AKM Shafiqur Rahman, director of Purbachal Housing Project of Rajuk, from Segunbagicha area.
Besides, another team of the anti-corruption watchdog arrested Abu Ashraf Siddique, assistant director of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in Ikuria area, on the outskirt of the capital Dhaka.
At least four persons were arrested in different drives in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on April 10. They are Sundar Ali, Shipan Mai, inhabitants of Sundarganj, said Dr Md Abul Hasan, director of Sylhet division.
Two others arrested are Hossaain Ahmed, former manager of Standard Bank of Biswanath upzaila in Sylhet, and Salah Uddin, cashier of the same branch.
Earlier on March 28, the ACC arrested four people, including a Basic Bank official, in connection with swindling out of huge money from the state-run bank.
An ACC team, led by its director Syed Iqbal Hossain, conducted drives in the city’s Gulshan, Uttara, Baridhara, Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur areas and detained the four people.
The detainees are Syed Hasibul Gani of M/s Emerent Dress Limited, proprietor of Asian Shipping BD Md Akbar Hossain, managing director of a private firm Foyzun Nabi Chowdhury and assistant general manager of Basic Bank Iqramul Bari.
On January 7, the commission arrested three officials of Basic Bank in connection with the loan scam. They are the bank’s former deputy managing directors Fazlus Sobhan and Md Selim and assistant general manager Shiper Ahmed.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) executive director Dr Iftekharuzzman said the ACC might arrest the accused to maintain its rules and regulations.
The arrest drive is being applauded by the people as the commission is conducting the drive as part of its duty, the TIB director said.
He termed the continuous arrest drive as a courageous step of the commission.
ACC Secretary Abu Md Mostafa Kamal told The New Nation on Sunday, “The concerned investigation officers (IOs) are arresting the accused persons to conduct free and fair investigation. They were not instructed from the commission to arrest the charged people.”
He said that the investigation officers could arrest the accused according to their power like an Officer-in-Charge (OC) of any police station under the rules and regulations of the ACC. The commission is conducting the arrest drive to gear up its investigation, said the ACC secretary.
