The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file cases against a total of 15 individuals, including 10 former and current revenue officers of the Chattogram Custom House and five businessmen.
The decision comes following allegations of financial irregularities, forgery, fraud, abuse of power, and acquiring assets beyond known sources of income. ACC Director General Akter Hossain confirmed this information to the Ajker Patrika newspaper.
đ¤ The Accused Officials and Businessmen
The officials facing charges are:
âĸ Former Revenue Officers: Md. Zainal Abedin, Md. Jahangir Alam, Basudev Pal, Md. Ashraful Islam, Md. Abdur Razzak, Didarun Nabi, and Md. Mahbubur Rahman (currently working at the Customs, Excise, and VAT Corporate Office in Rajshahi).
âĸ Former Assistant Revenue Officers: Rony Barua and Md. Arifur Rahman.
âĸ Current Revenue Officer: Farhana Akram.
The businessmen against whom the cases have been approved are:
âĸ Md. Mushtak Khan, Proprietor of Antara Corporation.
âĸ Md. Abdul Jalil Akon and Md. Altaf Hossain, Partners of M/s A & J Trade International.
âĸ Md. Selim of M/s Pan Bengal Agency.
âĸ Md. Abdul Rahim of GR Trading Corporation C&F Limited.
đ Details of the Charges
The accused face charges under sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 109 of the Penal Code.
The Commission has also approved filing cases under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and relevant sections of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
These sections cover serious offenses such as:
âĸ Embezzlement (Misappropriation of property)
âĸ Fraud
âĸ Forgery of valuable security (Creating fake documents)
âĸ Abuse of power
âĸ Money Laundering
If convicted, the defendants will face severe punishment for these crimes.
