The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against six persons, including the chairman of the Board of Trustees of North South University and the managing director of Ashaloy Housing and Developers Ltd, over embezzlement.
ACC Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patuary filed the case on Thursday.
The six accused are NSU Board of Trustees Chairman Azim Uddin Ahmed, members MA Kashem, Benajir Ahmed, Rehana Rahman, Mohammed Shajahan, and Ashaloy Housing and Developers Ltd MD Amin Md Hilaly.
ACC acting secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said the number of accused might increase if evidence was found against someone during the investigation.
According to the Private University Act, 2010, the Board of Trustees is the highest governing body of a private university like North South University. According to the Memorandum of Association and Articles (Rules and Regulations) of the University, the University is a charitable, welfare-oriented, non-commercial, and non-profit educational institution.
The case states that over 9088 decimal land was bought in the name of campus development of NSU through the consent of some members of the Board of Trustees bypassing the approval of the University Syndicate, University Grants Commission, and Ministry of Education.
They later withdrew cash from the buyer through cash check in their own names and kept FDR in their own names. Later, they themselves embezzled the FDR money.
They have unjustly benefited themselves by committing illegal activities, criminal misconduct through the misuse of power, and embezzling university and government funds, according to the case.
In carrying out such illegal activities, they have committed a punishable offense by resorting to fraud and forgery and exchanging commissions.
