ACC holds ex-DG of Coast Guard ACC holds ex-DG of Coast Guard

Anti Corruption Commission arrested former director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard Commodore Shafiq Ur Rahman in Dhaka yesterday, in a case filed for his alleged involvement in misappropriating Tk 7.37 crore, said ACC deputy director SM Rafiqul Islam.

According to the case statement, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief allocated about 11,100 tonnes of wheat to coastguards under the rural infrastructure development programme in 1996-97 and 1997-98 fiscals.

The wheat was not meant for sale but on emergency basis there was a provision to sell 25 percent of the wheat at government-fixed price.

But the officials concerned sold it at Tk 5 per kg although the government rate was Tk 11.64.

In this way, Shafiq and others misappropriated Tk 7, 37, 04,000.

The case was filed on August 2, 1998.