Six senior officials of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), accused by the Anti-Corruption Commission of misappropriating funds, are yet to face any disciplinary action from authorities concerned.
On September 16, ACC lodged three separate cases against six senior officials of BPC on charges of misappropriating around Tk4.5bn by stealing state oil.
BPC Chairman Md Eunusur Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune: “We have learnt about it through different media reports, but are yet to get any official letter from ACC about the cases.”
He added that any disciplinary action on the issue could wait until the case charge-sheets were filed or the ACC issued any formal instruction.
Meanwhile, ACC Deputy Director Abdullah Al Zahid told the Dhaka Tribune that official letters will be sent to authorities concerned within two or three working days, regarding the six senior BPC officials.
The accused are BPC’s General Manager (accounts) Gias Uddin Ansari, Deputy General Manager (accounts) Quazi Shahidur Rahman, Deputy Manager (accounts) Zakir Hossain, Deputy General Manager (finance) Monilal Das, Deputy Manager (finance) Jahangir Hossain, and Upper Division Assistant (finance) Nurul Islam.
The accused misappropriated the amount during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years, said sources at the ACC.
The accused, with the assistance of importers, allegedly stole around 63.2m litres of oil that include refined oil, octane, petrol, diesel, kerosene and jet fuel by over-invoicing in the letters of credit (LCs). L
