Barapukuria coal scam: ACC grills 8 officials

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started quizzing eight officials of coal mine, in a case filed over a huge amount of coal selling in open market from the Barapukuria.

ACC deputy director Shamsul Alam started the interrogation around 9:00am on Tuesday.

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Public Relations Officer of ACC confirmed the matter to risingbd.com.

The eight officials are- Abu Taher Md Nuruzzaman Chowdhury, director general (mine operation) of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL), deputy manager (maintenance and operation) Morsheduzzaman, deputy manager AKM Khaledul Islam, deputy manager (production management) Habibur Rahman, Zahedur Rahman, deputy manager (ventilation management), Sattyndranath Barman, deputy general manager (mine planning operation) Syed Imam Hasan and manager (security) and manager (security) Jobayer Ali.

Besides, 17 more officials are scheduled to face ACC investigation on August 29 and 30.

On July 24, BCMCL director general (administration) Mohammad Anisur Rahman filed a case with Parbatipur police station in Dinajpur mentioning 19 names including former MD Habib Uddin Ahmed.

Later, the case was later transferred to the ACC for investigation. According to the official investigation, more than 142,000 tons of coal is missing from Barapukuria.


risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 28, 2018/M A Rahman/Nasim