ACC arrests 8 graft suspects in separate cases
Seeks action against absentee Noakhali physicians
UNB
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday arrested eight graft suspects, including three bank officials and a land official, from the capital, Sylhet and Netrakona in separate cases.
ACC deputy director Reba Halder of its Sylhet zila office arrested former vice president of City Bank Limited Md Mujibur Rahman (branch manager of the banks Zindabazar branch), cash-in charge of the branch Md Giasuddin and its former customer services officer Sajjadur Rahman from Sylhet, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
On Wednesday, Reba Halder filed a case against them with Kotwali (Sylhet) Police Station for allegedly swindling out Tk 20 lakh from the Zindabazar branch of City Bank.
ACC deputy assistant director Md Nurul Islam detained owner of M/s International Tannery (Hazaribagh) Fazlu Miah in a Tk 4.16 crore loan scam case filed in 2002.
Besides, ACC deputy director Jahangir Alam of Mymensingh zila office arrested assistant land officers of Netrakona Sadar Union Land Office Binoy Chandra Sen and Md Monirul Haque, and Badruzzaman Khan and Hosne Ara Khanam of Netrakona. On Wednesday, the ACC filed a case against them with Netrakona Sadar Police Station for allegedly grabbing public land through illegal mutation.
Another report adds: Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) AFM Aminul Islam asked the authorities concerned to take departmental action against the physicians who were absent at Kabirhat Upazila Health Complex, Noakhali yesterday.
The commissioner made a surprise visit to the health complex around 10:30 am and found no doctor over there. The upazila health and family planning officer was also absent at that time, said a Commission handout.
Aminul Islam instantly brought the matter to the notice of the local civil surgeon and instructed him to take departmental action against the absentees. Later, Aminul Islam visited to Companyganj Upazila Health Complex around about 11 am and talked to patients whole alleged that they do not get any government medicines from the hospital while doctors are hardly found there.
