The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The Anti-Corruption Commission Sunday filed 11 cases against 23 officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for misappropriating Tk 40.63 crore.

Separate 11 first information reports were lodged with Ramna police station against the officials of BTCL, formerly known as Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB).

The accused BTCL officials include engineers, fuel issuers, vehicle inspectors, accounts officers and cashiers.

Seven separate cases were filed against 14 officials for misappropriating Tk 32.55 crore from 2000-01 to 2006-07 fiscal year in the name of repairing vehicles through fake vouchers.

Those accused in the seven cases are : Rais-ur-Rahman, Mostafa Hanif Chowdhury, Abdul Goni, Noni Gopal Ghosh, Fakhrul Haider Chowdhury, Zafar Sadek, Sheikh M Shafiq Ullah, Abul Kashem, Saedul Haque, Shahajahan Mian, Fazlul Haque (1), Fazlul Haque (2), Ahmed Ali and M Faruk.

Another four separate cases were lodged against eight BTCL officials for misappropriating Tk 8.08 crore from 2004-05 to 2007-08 fiscal. The misappropriated money was shown as conveyance allowance.

Those implicated in the four cases are : Ayub Reza Pahlobi, Abdul Latif, Amir Hossain, Mujibur Rahman, Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Fazlur Rahman, Sirajul Islam, Bodiul Alam and Rabiul Islam.

ACC deputy director Nurul Islam and assistant director SM Shaidur Rahman filed all the 11 cases under sections 420/409/109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.