ACC launches probe into alleged corruption by ex-KCC mayor Khaleque
The anti-graft agency has sent letters to the KCC, income tax office and other offices concerned seeking information about Khaleque, his wife Habibun Nahar and his other associates
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an investigation into the alleged irregularities and corruption committed by the ousted mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC), Talukder Abdul Khaleque.
The ACC started the investigate on Thursday (23 January), Abdul Wadud, Deputy Director of ACC, told BSS.
The anti-graft agency has sent letters to the KCC, income tax office and other offices concerned seeking information about Khaleque, his wife Habibun Nahar and his other associates.
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Abdul Wadud, Deputy Director of ACC, told BSS that they have started the investigation formally after receiving a letter from their head office in Dhaka.
"We need information about his associates to investigate the corruption of former mayor Talukder Khaleque," he said.
For this reason, they have given a letter to KCC to get information about the contractors as business partners of Khaleque, he added.
