ACC sued BRTA official for misappropriation of govt money

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against an assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority’s (BRTA) Noakhali office for misappropriating almost TK 130 million (13 crore).

Muhammad Arif Sadeq, an official at commission's public relations, told UNB that the case against Farhanul Haque was filed at Dhaka coordination office, ACC-1 after the investigation.

According to the case statement, Farhanul transacted TK 128.4 million (12 crore 84 lakh) from 5 November 2012 to 2020 in an illegal manner through ten accounts in the name of his mother and brother.

He operated their accounts in Standard Chartered Bank, UCBL Bank, Sonali Bank and IDLC.

Farhanul joined BRTA as an assistant director on 9 September, 2012.