Engineer, ex-civil surgeon among 4 held

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today arrested four persons including an engineer, a banker and a former civil surgeon in three separate cases filed for misappropriating about Tk 11.26 crore at different times.

The arrestees are: Executive Officer of Sonali Bank Mosharef Hossain, Manager and Executive Officer of Sonali Bank Jakir Hossain, Ziaul Haque Dulal, Engineer of Local Government and Engineering Division (LGED) of Patia and former civil surgeon Dr Aftab Uddin Ahmed.

According to the case documents, Dulal ‘gobbled up’ Tk 6.34 lakh of a project while Aftab bought medicine and other instruments showing higher rate and pocketed Tk 91.64 lakh.

Meanwhile, the Sonali bank officials in collusion with others misappropriated about Tk 10.29 crore providing loan and cash incentive illegally, say the documents.

ACC sources said Mosharef, Jakir and Aftab were arrested at Segunbagicha in Dhaka while Dulal was arrested from Agrabad of Chittagong.