The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Chitagong

Charge sheets against five people, including Chief Engineer of local WASA head office Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, in a corruption case were submited to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court on Thursday.

Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission, Chitagong, submited the charge sheets accusing them of misappropriating huge money in implementing a WASA project Judge AKM Anwar Hossain accepted the charge sheets and ordered to hand over the case to Special Divisional Judge's Court for speedy trial, fixing October 3 as the next date of the case.

Four other accused in the ACC-submited charge sheets are:

Superintendent Engineer Mohammad Shafiullah, Assistant Engineer MA Kuddus, former Assistant Engineer Quazi Abu Taher and AN Faruk Ahmed, owner of the project contract farm.

According to the case, the accused misappropriated Tk 16.90 lakh in implementing a PVC pipeline project in 2002 from Panchlish Primary School to Hajipara.

Mominul Islam, inspector of the then Anti-corruption Bureau, filed the case with Panchlaish thana on June 17 in 2004 on charge of corruption.

Following the case, a joint team of RAB and ACC, led by Major Mohammad Sharif, arrested the three Engineers in a raid at the WASA head office here on Wednesday.

Later, they were sent to jail when produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Wednesday afternoon.