Barapukuria coal scam: ACC quizzes 8 accused

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today quizzed eight accused employees of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) in a case filed over the Barapukuria coal scam.

The case was filed with Parbatipur Police Station in Dinajpur on July 24 in connection with disappearance of around 1.45 lakh tonnes of coal worth around Tk 230 crore, according to a press release of ACC.

The six-hour-long quizzing was held at the commission’s office in Dhaka’s Segunbagicha from 9:30am to 3:30pm.

The accused BCMCL officials are: Abu Taher Md Nuruzzaman Chowdhury, general manager (mine operation); AKM Khaledul Islam, deputy general manager (store department); Md Morsheduzzaman, deputy manager (maintenance and operation); Md Habibur Rahman, deputy manager (production management); Md Zahedur Rahman, deputy manager (mine development); Satyendra Nath Barman, assistant manager (ventilation management); Syed Imam Hasan, manager (security); and Zobayer Ali, deputy general manager (mine planning operation).

However, after the quizzing, neither the accused nor the ACC made any comment in this regard.

Eight more persons accused in the case, including the former managing director of BCMCL Habib Uddin Ahmed, will be quizzed tomorrow, ACC authorities said.

Source: thedailystar