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Corruption

ACC okays charge sheets against Siraj, Mamun

Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved submission of three proposed charge sheets against 10 people, including former environment and forest minister Shajahan Siraj, his son Rajib Siraj and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, on different charges.
Meanwhile, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) ministry has formed a monitoring cell to curb corruption in the ministry and different departments under the ministry following the recommendation of ACC.
Speaking at a routine press briefing at the ACC headquarters, ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hand Iqbal disclosed it to media.
Shahjahan Siraj. Rajib Siraj and Giasuddin Al Mamun, friend of Tanque Rahman, along with three others will be made accused in the same charge sheet on charge of leasing 10.75 acres of government land in Bhawal national park illegally for individual use.
The ACC will submit another charge sheet against ward commissioner Salim Ullah Salu on charges of amassing wealth worth Tk 88.87 lakh illegally and concealing information of wealth worthTk 5.33 lakh from the commission.
Meanwhile, the commission also approved filing of six cases against nine people, including former lawmaker Moshiur Rahman, on charges of concealing information of wealth from the commission and amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.
Moshiur will be accused for accumulating wealth worth about Tk 5.98 crore illegally and hiding information of wealth worth about Tk 5.07 crore in his statement submitted to the commission.
LGRD ministry
A team comprised of secretary and joint secretary of LGRD, chief engineers of LGF.D and public health and managing director of Wasa during a meeting with ACC officials informed them about the measures the ministry has taken recently to prevent corruption.
Short-term, mid-term and long-term measures will be taken to prevent corruption. It includes technological upgradation, website upgradation and ensuring transparency and accountability of its staffs.
The monitoring cell, headed by a director general, will regularly monitor the ministry's field level works, look into whether any corruption is taking place in any of its projects, monitor newspaper reports regularly regarding corruption in LGRD ministry and collect allegations from people. It will also scrutinise and investigate the allegation and recommend for action against the persons involved.
I he information collected by the monitoring cell will be used in NILG cell, a cell that conducts research under the ministry. The NILG will review the existing organogram and laws.