The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs filed case against two supplier companies for allegedly providing less gold in the crests for the foreign friends who played vital roles during the 1971 Liberation War.
Enayet Ullah Khan, senior assistant secretary of the Liberation War Affairs Ministry, filed the case with Shahbagh police station on Tuesday midnight.
Mir Daud Ahmed, owner of Emicon in Banani, and Md Mohsinul Hasan, owner of Messrs Mohsinul Hasan, were made accused in the case.
The Anti Corruption Commission will investigate the case, Shahbagh police station Officer-in-Charge Sirajul Islam said.
According to the case statement, the supplier companies embezzled money giving less than specified quantity of gold in the crests.
From 2011 to 2013, the government honoured 338 foreign individuals and organisations for their contributions to the country’s liberation. Each honoree was given a crest, which was supposed to be made of one bhori (11.66g) of gold and 30 bhori (350g) of silver.
Later, a test conducted by Bangladesh Standars and Testing Institution found that there was only about three ana (2,2g) gold and three bhori (35g) of brass and copper in each crest.