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Download PDF The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed corruption cases against ex-managing director of Shinepukur Holdings Ltd Mahmudur Rahman, its chairman Sohel F Rahman, vice-chairman Salman F Rahman and four others including two former top Sonali Bank officials for embezzling over Tk 108 crore from the bank.
Mahmudur Rahman was the energy adviser with the status of a state minister during the immediate past regime of BNP-led four-party alliance government.
The other accused are ex-director of Shinepukur Holdings Ltd Iqbal Ahmed, former general manager (GM) of Sonali Bank Sheikh Amin Uddin Ahmed, the bank’s Deputy General Manager (DGM) (credit division) Abu Taher, and its ex-DGM (local office) ASM Nurul Haque.
The case said the accused in collusion with each another embezzled Tk 108 crore in capital and interest from the Dhaka local office of Sonali Bank through a consortium, Shinepukur Holdings Ltd, using fake documents. They did it knowingly abusing their influence and through fraudulence, the case mentioned.
ACC’s Assistant Director Mahbubul Alam filed the case with Motijheel police station under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
During the course of investigation it has been found that prime accused Mahmudur Rahman, who was the joint managing director of Shinepukur Holdings Ltd, hid his real identity and appealed to the GM of the local office of the bank for a bank guarantee for 17.22 million US dollars equivalent to Tk 78 crore on January 4, 1998 for establishing a housing project identifying himself as the MD of the company, the case noted.
Following his appeal, the bank guarantee was approved from the head office of Sonali Bank, and Mahmudur Rahman submitted deeds of 83.4479 acres of land in Gazipur as collateral. But, 8.59 acres of that land were acquired by the Radio Bangladesh office at Gazipur, 5.20 acres were the property of the forest department while the remaining 65.44 acres were in possession of different people who did not hand over their lands to Shinepukur Holdings Ltd.
Sensing the fraudulence, the Bangladesh Bank cancelled the bank guarantee on July 6, 1998.
Two days later Shine Pukur Holdings Ltd submitted an application for a loan of Tk 74 crore to Sonali Bank. The following day the bank granted a loan of Tk 70.20 crore for the project outlined for developing Gulshan Lake Town on 14.30 acres of land, and for Suncity in Savar on 128 acres of land.
Despite objections from Sonali Bank GM Nurul Huda, its ex-DGM (local office) ASM Nurul Haque recommended for the loan. Subject to the recommendation, on August 5, 1998 the 590th board meeting of the bank decided to disburse the loan to the consortium.
The case also mentioned that principal accused Mahmudur Rahman drew Tk 60 crore of the loan sometime between August 13, 1998 and February 16, 1999.
FOUR CASES AGAINST ATIKULLAH KHAN MASUD
The ACC yesterday also filed four cases against Managing Director of Globe Constructions Ltd Atikullah Khan Masud and a number of former officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for obtaining building designs for the company and stealing related government documents in connivance with the Rajuk officials.
In the cases filed with Motijheel Police Station three including Masud, also Janakantha editor, were made accused.
ACC Deputy Assistant Director Mahmud Hasan filed the cases.
The complainant in the first case mentioned that ex-authorised officer of Rajuk Fouji Mohammad bin Farid and ex-building inspector Sohrab Mian illegally took financial assistance from Masud and helped him obtain design of a 15-storey building on Outer Circular Road.
Although the design was not approved by the Building Construction Committee of Rajuk, Fouji signed the design giving it a fake approval.
On July 3, the investigators wanted back the file of approval through Rajuk chairman. But Sohrab collected the documents and stole it to hide the corruption.
The second case was filed against Rajuk authorised officer SM Asaduzzaman, Masud and Rajuk MLSS Akram Hossain for the similar charges. The third case was also filed for similar charges against ex- Rajuk authorised officer ATM Kamruzzaman Khan and ex-building inspector Sohrab Mian.
The ACC filed the fourth case against Atikul, his wife Shamima A Khan, their sons–Mishal A Khan and Jishal A Khan–yesterday in connection with concealing information about their actual wealth in their wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
ACC Assistant Deputy Director Mahmud Hasan in the case filed with Ramna Police Station mentioned that they concealed wealth worth around Tk 1.4 crore and the ACC discovered that around Tk 1.14 crore of wealth did not match with their known sources of income.
THREE CASES AGAINST AL LEADER OBAIDUL QUADER
ACC Assistant Director Ashraful Islam filed three bribery cases against detained Awami League Joint General Secretary and former state minister for youth, sports and cultural affairs Obaidul Quader with Paltan Police Station yesterday.
In the case, the complainant said the accused while at the helm of the ministry took bribes to help bidders win tender of different development activities under National Sports Council and obtain bill after work.
In the cases the complainant mentioned that Obaidul Quader took Tk 37 lakh, Tk 57 lakh and Tk 47 lakh from three contractors on different dates between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 1999.
FORMER LAWMAKER GIASUDDIN AHMED SUED
A charge of evading Tk 15.6 lakh Wasa taxes has been filed against former Narayanganj-4 lawmaker from BNP Giasuddin Ahmed yesterday, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.
Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) filed the case against Giasuddin, who allegedly abused power to evade taxes on deep tube-wells installed at his ready-made garment factory Dream Fashion Garments, Kasfah Shopping Centre and a three-storey building in Siddhirganj.
Wasa Deputy Tax Officer Mizanur Rahman filed the case against Giasuddin, who did not pay the permission fee, permission renewal fee, fines and late fees.
According to the 1996 Wasa ordinance, permission is required for all deep tube-wells under its jurisdiction.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:48 pm
No doubt their embezzlements have brought the Fury of ALLAH (SWT) and lands are being drowned
by HIS wrath.How they occupied the land, how they can forge the documents. They must be given life imprisonment if they have truly done the injustice to their country.
Let their names be written as Mirzafors in the Black Book of Bangladesh.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:46 am
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