ACC sues 4 over grain fraud

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against four food department officials over the alleged misappropriation of government food grains worth Tk2.02 crore through discrepancies in stock and procurement records at the Kurigram Sadar food warehouse.

The commission also seized 119 metric tonnes of undocumented rice valued at nearly Tk69.40 lakh from the warehouse. 

ACC Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam disclosed the information on Wednesday. 

The accused are Md Sharif Ahmed, acting officer-in-charge of the warehouse; Md Helal Uddin, assistant sub-food inspector; Md Halimur Rahman, Sadar upazila food controller; and Mohammad Hamidul Haque, acting district food controller.