ACC lodges graft case against Jibon Bima officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a graft case against Jibon Bima Corporation Managing Director Zahurul Haque and its Assistant General Manager Mahbubul Alam.

Assistant director Mohammad Nure Alam Siddiqui filed the case at Dhaka co-ordinated office-1, Deputy Director of ACC public relation office Muhammad Arif Sadeq told United News of Bangladesh.

ACC Secretary Mohammad Mahbub Hossain said that the Commission found evidence of corruption about the question papers in the recruitment test of the corporation and investigation team would further look into the matter.

The ACC will also investigate irregularities and corruption in other recruitment examinations, he said.

Assistant Director of ACC co-ordinated Office, Dhaka-1 Mohammad Neyamul Ahsan Gazi on September 15 launched a probe against Zahurul.

During the operation, the ACC team visited the office and collected several records including questions and answer sheets of recruitment tests.

In this context, the statements of the officials concerned including the MD and director (administration) had been recorded.

ACC received complaints that he had made more than Tk 40 crore through corrupt practices.

The organisation took exams to appoint 512 employees in different posts recently.