The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has prosecuted former Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) managing director Taqsem A Khan and nine others on charges of aiding financial embezzlement through unauthorised staff appointments. ACC Deputy Director Syed Nazrul Islam filed the case on Wednesday at the commission's Integrated District Office in Dhaka, according to its Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain. The appointments were approved at WASA's 252nd board meeting, chaired by then-chairman Md Habibur Rahman. Other board members included Taqsem, former additional secretary Sudhangshu Shekhar Biswas, FCA Vice President Md Mahmud Hossain, Bangladesh Engineers Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh representative Engineer Md Nuruzzaman, Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh President AKMA Hamid, former Dhaka North City Corporation councillor Aleya Sarwar Daisy, and former Dhaka South City Corporation councillor Md Hasibur Rahman Manik. ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said, "The board members primarily endorsed the illegal appointments."

Source: bd News24 January 09, 2025 09:49 UTC