The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to file six cases against 16 graft suspects for allegedly grabbing a forest land.
The ACC took the decision its regular meeting on Wednesday, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said, reports UNB.
The cases will be filed against then sub-registrar of Bhaluka (Mymensingh) Md Fazlur Rahman (now sub-registrar of Keraniganj, Dhaka), chairman of Roza Agro Limited Mossadek Ali and 14 others.
According to the ACC’s probe, sub-registrar Fazlur Rahman allowed registration of a 9.6-acre forest land to 15 people violating government rules when he worked in Bhaluka upazila sub-registrar’s office.
All the accused in collusion with each other grabbed the land by taking illegal benefits from the sub-registrar.
ACC deputy director Jahangir Alam of its Mymensingh zila office will soon file the cases against them in this regard.
Besides, the ACC will file a case against former commissioner of Barisal Municipality Mofizul Islam Jhanto for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 30 million.