ACC sues Khulna food inspector, wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against a food inspector of Terkohada upazila of Khulna and his wife on charge of concealing information of their wealth, UNB reports.

Assistant director of ACC’s Jashore district office Md Mosharraf Hossain filed the case on Sunday.

The case was filed under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act-2004 at the court of Narail Senior Special Judge.

According to the case statement, food inspector Md Ashrafuzzaman and his wife Rokeya Sultana concealed information of assets worth Tk 11.6 million.

Assets worth Tk 10 million were also found beyond Ashrafuzzaman ‘s known source of income.

Ashrafuzzaman joined the post of Food Inspector on 27 July in 2010. Later he was transferred to different places.

However, several complaints were lodged against him during his tenure as the in-charge in Jashore food warehouse from 2018-20.

In an inquiry against the couple, the ACC found evidence of providing false information and concealing information about their wealth.

This couple submitted a statement to the ACC showing wealth worth over Tk 5.3 million. But ACC found evidence of amassing of illegal wealth worth Tk 11.6 million.