ACC sues Bapex GM over graft allegation


FE Team | Published: June 05, 2018 20:03:38 | Updated: June 06, 2018 16:51:30


ACC sues Bapex GM over graft allegation

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against general manager (Accounts & Finance) of Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) AKM Anwarul Islam and his wife Farida Yeasmin for amassing huge illegal wealth.

ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Helal Uddin Sharif filed the case with Ramna Model Police Station on Tuesday, reports UNB.

ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said the case was filed accusing the couple of amassing wealth worth Tk 11,093,924 illegally.

The case was filed under sections 26 (2) and 27 (1) of the ACC Act 2004 and section 109 of the Penal Code.

According to the case statement, Farida Yeasmin started submitting tax returnssince the fiscal year of 2005-06. She submitted information of wealth worth Tk 4,982,552 from 2005-06 to 2015-16 fiscal years and spent Tk 622,312 during the period.

But the ACC found that Farida owns an asset of Tk 15,454,164 which was not disclosed in the asset statement submitted to the Commission.

Anwarul Islam abetted her in providing false information aiming to hide the wealth information.

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