Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
A special team of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recovered some 90.20 lakh of embezzled money from the house of Senior Auditor of District Accounts Office of Kishoreganj Md. Sayeduzzaman in Katiarchar on Wednesday midnight.
ACC team was led by Senior Megistrate Abu Taher Sayeed, Senior Assistant Director Abdul Wadud, Monirul Islam, and Fazlul Bari. The seized money has been deposited on the Kishoreganj Treasury. ACC Senior Assistant Director Abdul Wadud told The New Nation that ACC officials conducted a raid at the house of Senior auditor Syeduzzaman and found Tk. 9.2 Million in a bag.
Former Land Acquisation Officer (LAO) Md. Setaful Islam, a 24 batch of B.C.S officer was accused of embezzling Tk. 18.68 crore government money through cheating, forgery and misuse of power. LAO Setaful, Senior Auditor Syeduzzaman and Peon Dulal Miah withdrew the money from the Sonali Bank, Kishoreganj Principal Branch and disappeared.
LAO Setaful was arrested from Pirojpur Circuit House on January, 17 by ACC members.
The Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Division Md. Nurunnabi and Joint Secretary of Land Ministry Mirza Tareq Ripon submitted investigation reports accusing him of embezzlement with the help of District Accounts Office and Sonali Bank Officials.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Dulal Chandra Sutradhar said that receiving secret information 10 crore taka cheque seized from District Accounts Office.
L.A.O Setaful Islam and Syeduzzaman now in jail.
