Ex-Coast Guard DG Shafiq held on Tk7cr graft charge

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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested former director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard Shafiq-ur-Rahman in the city early Thursday in connection with a Tk7 crore fund
embezzlement case.

An ACC team led by its deputy director SM Rafiqul Islam conducted a
raid on the Mohakhali DOHS residence of Shafiq-ur-Rahman and arrested
him in the dead of night for embezzling around Tk7 crore fund meant
for purchasing 11,100 tonnes of wheat, said ACC public relations
officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

The case was filed against five people, including the ex-Bangladesh
Coast Guard chief, with the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac), now defunct, in 1998 for embezzling the Tk 7 crore fund. — Dhaka, Sept 29 (UNB)

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