Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested the chief assistant (cashier) of Tejgaon Thana Health Complex  Anisur Rahman for embezzling Tk 43 crore.

ACC Secretary Mahbub Hossain told reporters at the ACC headquarters on Tuesday.

He said that a team led by the investigating officer of the two cases Deputy director SMM Akhtar Hamid Bhuyan arrested them at 12 noon.

ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Muhammad Arif Sadek said that the money was embezzled through fake bill-vouchers in the project of setting up two medical college hospitals. 

ACC filed two separate cases against three persons including Chief Assistant of Tejgaon Thana Health Complex.

Anisur Rahman on October 23 this year.

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Two cases were filed with the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1.

The other defendants in the case are M Jahan Traders owner Mohsin Ali and the owner of Green Traders Mahfuz Huda Setu

According to the ACC sources, in the first case, the accused have been accused of withdrawing and embezzling TK 21 crore 83 lakh 28 thousand 512 through three fake bill-vouchers in the Sheikh Saira Khatun Medical College, Medical College Hospital and Nursing College establishment project of Gopalganj. In the second case, an allegation of embezzlement of Tk. 21 crore 84 lakh was made from the government treasury through four fake bills in the project 'Shaheed M. Mansoor Ali College and 500-bed Medical College Hospital in Sirajganj'

The money was embezzled between 12 and 20 June 2022.

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