An application has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) alleging large-scale corruption involving former interim government legal adviser Asif Nazrul and his personal secretary Masum in connection with transfer and posting practices within the Registration Department.
The complaint was submitted on Wednesday by Supreme Court lawyer M Sarwar Hossain at the ACC office, accompanied by a report published in a national daily titled "Sub Registrar Transfers in Eight Months, Bribery Transactions of Hundreds of Crores."
According to the application, extensive irregularities occurred during an eight-month period of the interim administration, during which a significant number of sub-registrars were transferred. Out of 403 officials, at least 282 were reportedly transferred, with around 200 allegedly paying substantial sums to secure preferred postings.
The complaint alleges that financial transactions ranging from five hundred thousand to six million taka were made in exchange for favourable transfer orders. "Most of these transfers were carried out through irregularities and bribery, with large sums exchanged for preferred positions," it states.
It also raises concerns over violations of established transfer policies. Under existing rules, officials are to be posted according to their grade. However, the complaint alleges that these provisions were ignored: "Lower grade officials were posted to higher grade offices in exchange for bribes, while those unwilling to pay were transferred to lower grade positions as a punitive measure."
Procedural inconsistencies are also highlighted, with some officials reportedly transferred multiple times within a short period, and in certain cases, transfer orders were altered shortly before officials were due to assume their posts.
Referring to administrative oversight, the complaint notes that the Ministry of Law had issued a cautionary directive on June 1 last year instructing that no financial transactions should occur in relation to transfers and postings. Despite this, it is alleged that substantial monetary exchanges had already taken place prior to the directive.
