Metropolis Report-
Three Dhaka Wasa employees have been charged with embezzlement of roughly Tk 248.55 crore from a cooperative society by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The defendants are Naimul Hasan, a computer operator, and Mia Md Mizanur Rahman, two former revenue inspectors for Wasa. The case was brought by Ashikur Rahman, an assistant director at ACC.
A current account at Janata Bank held Tk 354 crore by Dhaka Wasa Employee Multipurpose Cooperative Society, of which Tk 95.01 crore was used for various purposes, according to the case statement. A further amount of Tk 10.59 crore was discovered in the account.
The remainder of the money, however, had vanished without a trace. Interrogated, the accused could not explain how the remaining money was used.
The three accused are all important figures in the PPI or Programme for Performance Improvement. An initiative of PPI is the Dhaka Wasa Employee Multipurpose Cooperative Society.
