The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

As part of its campaign against institutional corruption in service-providing organisations, the Anti-Corruption Commission is going to investigate corruption and irregularities in the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and its other offices.

ACC director general (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing yesterday afternoon that the anti-graft watchdog has formed a five-member special team to carry out the investigations.

The team will investigate issues like misuse of government money, irregularities in tender process, corruption in construction of dams, multistoried buildings and markets, allocation of shops, purchase of vehicles, selling of vehicles through auctions, purchase of mosquito-killing equipment and chemicals, leasing out of bus stands and bazaars, corruption in Jatrabari flyover, misappropriation of money in the name of constructing roads and irregularities in usage of fuels for vehicles.

Hanif said the Commission has already written to the DCC chief executive officer to provide all types of assistance, logistic support, and documents.

He said the DCC CEO has also been asked to appoint a DCC official as a liaison officer.

Hanif said the team would conduct investigations by making direct visits to different offices of the DCC the Mayor of which has already been sued for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about that.

The special team, headed by deputy director Golam Shahriar Chowdhury, comprises assistant directors Mozaher Ali Sarder, Mahbubul Alam and Taufiqul Islam, and deputy assistant director Chowdhury MN Alam.