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CNG SCAM PROBE

JS body sits idle for 7 months

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
A parliamentary body's subcommittee tasked with investigating the corruption charge against the communications ministry in import and sale of CNG autorickshaws did not work in the last seven months.
The parliamentary standing committee on communications ministry formed the subcommittee on January 7 and asked it to probe the allegations in a month.
The standing committee at the January 7 meeting accused the ministry of allowing only Uttara Motors to import 10,000 CNG autorickshaws, which has sold 8,000 vehicles to local
buyers at up to Tk 3.67 lakh, up from the actual price of Tk 1.67 lakh each, since January 2002.
It also criticised Communica-tions Minister Nazmul Huda, who denied the allegations.
Ruling BNP lawmaker Nadeem Mostafa, also convenor of the subcommittee, blamed the delay in the probe on insufficient time saying he was busy with other work.
Standing Committee Chairman Syed Manjur Hossain initiated steps to probe the allegations himself after he did not get the probe report despite repeated requests to the subcommittee convenor.
Nadeem has once again assured the
chairman of submitting the probe report at the next meeting on August 15.
"I hope I will be able to submit the report at the committee's next meeting," he said, brushing aside the allegation of getting favour from the communications ministry by delaying the probe.
Manjur Hossain said: "If the subcommittee fails to submit the probe report at the next meeting, I will abolish the subcommittee and assign the full committee to probe the scam charge."
A subcommittee member, Ataur Rahman Khan, said he was not interested in the probe as he said the convenor did not show his willingness to complete the investigation.
"I asked the convenor several times to sit and complete the probe report, but he did not respond," Ataur told The Daily Star.
"Why will I be on the subcommittee if it does not work," he said, adding he would ask the standing committee chairman to drop him from the subcommittee.