Former Postal Dept DG Shudhanshu arrested
Former director general of the Postal Department Shudhanshu Shekhar Bhadra has been arrested.
He was arrested by Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Assistant Director Nazir Akand yesterday (15 October) in a case filed on charges of misappropriating Tk15 crore in funds allocated for the purchase of servers and UPS units under a government project.
The process of presenting him before court is underway, said the anti-graft watchdog's Deputy Director Md Aktarul Islam.
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Earlier on 20 August, the ACC filed a case against him.
According to the case statement, an agreement was signed with the state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) to purchase 500 HPE ML-30 servers and other electronic goods, including UPS, under the 'Post-e-Center' project of the postal department.
The government money has been misused violating Section 23 of the Public Finance and Budget Management Act, 2009 by purchasing servers and UPS for the allocated Tk 15 crore 11 lakh 42 thousand of the agreement, it reads.
