The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against seven individuals, including Mohiuddin Ahmed, former chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Mohammad Farid Khan, chairman of Summit Communications Limited over allegations of evading tax more than 10 crores through the transfer of shares of Summit Communications Limited.
ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain disclosed the information at a press briefing on Tuesday.
The other accused in the case include former BTRC Commissioner (Legal) Aminul Haque Babu, former Commissioner (Spectrum) Sheikh Riaz Ahmed, former Commissioner (Finance, Accounts & Revenue) Mushfiq Mannan Chowdhury, former Commissioner (Systems & Services) Delwar Hossain, and Khandaker Reza-E-Rakib, proprietor of Lex Counsel and panel lawyer of BTRC.
Nasrullah Hossain, assistant director of ACC’s Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, filed the case on Tuesday.
“With dishonest intent and in collusion with each other, the accused abused their entrusted powers and unlawfully approved the transfer of shares without collecting government revenue of Tk ten crore twenty-four lakh fifty-two thousand six hundred fifty-two, Thus, they committed punishable offenses under Sections 409/420/109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947,” said the case statement.