ACC recovers Tk 92 lakh from Kishoreganj auditor’s house

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Members of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recovered TK 92 lakh, allegedly embezzled by some government officials in the name of land acquisition, from Kishoreganj district auditor’s house on Wednesday.

A special team of ACC, led by Nasim Anwar of Dhaka divisional office, conducted a drive at the house of auditor Md Syeduzzaman in Harua area of the district town around 12am, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told media.

The team found the money concealed in a shopping bag and deposited it to the government treasury.

On January 16, the ACC arrested Setaful Islam, an ex-land acquisition official of Kishoreganj, from Pirojpur Circuit House in connection with the embezzlement of Tk 5 crore of government money during his tenure as district land acquisition officer in Kishoreganj land office.

ACC Assistant Director Ramprasad Mondol (Mymensingh Coordinated Area) filed a case against him with Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station before conducting the drive to arrest Setaful.