Our Correspondent :
A Pabna court granted bail to the contractor who provided pillows at an abnormal price for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project.
Judge of the District and Session’s Judge Court Makbul Ahsan granted the bail to Shahadat Hossain, proprietor of Sajin Construction Ltd, on August 27.
However, the matter was not disclosed on that day.
Confirming the matter, Deputy Director of Pabna Coordinated District Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission Moazzem Hossain said they were yet to get the bail paper.
According to reports, huge irregularities were committed in procuring furniture, pillows and other household products for the officials and employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Each pillow was shown to have cost Tk 5,957 and Tk 760 was shown as the lifting charge for each pillow while an electric stove was shown to have been bought for Tk 7,747 with an additional lifting charge of Tk 6,650.
The purchase price of an electric kettle was reportedly Tk 5,313 and its lifting cost was Tk 2,945.
Similarly, a room-cleaning machine, purchased at Tk 12,018, was lifted spending Tk 6,650.
