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ACC sued BRTA official for misappropriation of govt money

Corruption 2021-09-15, 7:29pm

ACC on Wednesday filed a case against an Assistant Director of BRTA, Noakhali.



Dhaka,Sept 15: The Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against an Assistant Director of BRTA, Noakhali for misappropriating almost TK 13 crore.

Muhammad Arif Sadeq, an official at commission’s public relations, told UNB that the case against Farhanul Haque was filed at Dhaka Coordinated Office,ACC-1 after the investigation.

According to the case statement, Farhanul transacted TK 12 crore 84 lakh from November 5, 2012 to 2020 in an illegal manner through ten accounts in name of his mother and brother.

He operated their accounts in Standard Chartered Bank, UCBL Bank,  Sonali Bank and IDLC.

Farhanul joined BRTA  as an assistant director on September 9, 2012, reports UNB.