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DFP Graft

Establishment secy asked to form final probe

Staff Correspondent
The information ministry has asked the establishment ministry to appoint an inquiry officer to come up with the final report on graft charges against the director general of the Department of Films and Publications (DFP).
The information secretary requested the establishment secretary to appoint an inquiry officer ranking above a joint secretary who would submit the report in 15 days reviewing a previous probe report and Syed Mahbubur Rahman's reply to a show cause notice. Sources said the information secretary wrote to the establishment ministry failing to find 'a competent official' at his ministry after a four-member probe body last year found Mahbubur misappropriating about Tk 36 lakh.
The information ministry probe headed by the joint secretary (development) said the DG embezzled the fund showing fake bills for four documentaries and three video films resorting to tender manipulation and irregularities from 2001-2003.
According to the summary approved by the president's and the prime minister's offices giving green light to the probe, Mahbubur undertook a project for the production of the documentaries and videos without approval from the ministry and illegally bought raw materials, causing loss to the exchequer.
If the sleaze charges against Mahbubur in the rank of a joint secretary, are proved in the final report, he will be dismissed from the post and a corruption case will be filed against him.
Mahbubur replied to the show cause notice issued by the information secretary 10 days after the deadline and protested his inno-
cence, asking him to drop the charges and departmental proceedings against him.
The ministry expressed dissatisfaction at his reply and decided to appoint an inquiry officer to prepare the final report, sources said.
Most information ministry officials raised questions about Mahbubur's holding of the office despite the probe body report and expressed the concern that he could manipulate the final report using his authority.
Talking to The Daily Star, a number of senior officials said the authorities should remove the DG immediately before the formation of the final probe body.
Aseniorofficial of the information ministry alleged that higher authorities tried to remove him after the information ministry probe report, but failed to do so as Mahbubur enjoys the backing of influential officials at the Prime Minister's Office.
"The officials are causing obstruction to every step against him to protect him from punitive measures," alleged an official, requesting anonymity.