9 officials sued for Tk 1cr scam in Muktagachha

By Our Correspondent, Mymensingh
17 March 2004, 18:00 PM
Nine officials of Muktagachha Upazila Accounts Office were sued on Sunday for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of over one crore taka.

The District Anti-Corruption Bureau filed four cases against them with Kotwali police station.

The accused are: AKM Fazlur Rahman, ex-Upazila Accounts Officer of Muktagachha, Anwarul Islam, Muktagachha Upazila Accounts Officer, Mohiuddin Ahmed Auditor (Post), Dhaka Md Shamsul Alam Auditor, Upazila Accounts Office, Nurul Islam, Auditor (T&T), Dhaka, Md Abdul Gani, Auditor, (Post), Dhaka, Abul Hasnat, Accounts Office, Gazipur, Abdul Karim Purbadhala, Netrakona and Abul Kalam, (T&T), Dhaka.

They 'misappropriated' one crore, 12 lakh and 56 thousand taka through various means. They misappropriated money from GP fund, house building loans making fake bills and advices from 1995-'96 to 1998-'99 fiscal from Sonali Bank, Muktagachha branch.