The Bangladesh Public Service Commission sent a letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday seeking an inquiry against its five officials over allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
The PSC sent the letter, signed by its senior assistant secretary for adminstartion-1 Jamila Sabnam, to ACC secretary Khurshida Yasmeen seeking legal measures following an inquiry against its five officials and employees over the corruption allegations.
The officials and employees are PSC deputy directors Md Abu Zafar and Md Jahangir Alam, assistant director SM Alamgir Kabir, office assistant Khalilur Rahman, and office assistant (dispatch) Sajedul Islam.
According to the letter, a case was filed with the Paltan police station against the five employees of the PSC and some others for their alleged involvement with offices in illegally collecting the question papers and distributing them before the examination for the post of deputy assistant engineer of Bangladesh Railway held on July 6, 2024.
The PSC also said that it was reported that the PSC officials and their family members amassed a huge amount of illegal movable and immovable wealth, which was inconsistent with their sources of income.
Accumulation of wealth beyond known sources of income is a scheduled offence under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2004, the PSC said, adding that it is necessary to take legal measures in this regard.
In this situation, the PSC requested the commission to conduct investigation into the allegations against the five employees and take legal action in accordance with the Anti-Corruption Commission Rules 2007.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, meanwhile, on Tuesday ordered the suspension of bank accounts belonging to Syed Abed Ali, a former driver of the PSC accused of leaking questions for 30 recruitment exams, including the BCS exams.
Besides, accounts belonging to his son, Syed Sohanur Rahman Siam, and another individual have also been ordered to be suspended by the BFIU, BFIU officials said.
The BFIU froze their bank accounts and issued letters to banks and financial institutions stating that the accounts would remain frozen until the resolution to the related issues, said the officials.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court sent 17 people, including the five PSC officials and a former driver of the commission, to jail over allegations of question paper leakage in various cadre and non-cadre recruitment tests.
Seven of the accused, including PSC chairman鈥檚 former driver Syed Abed Ali, office assistant Khalilur Rahman, office assistant Sajedul Islam, Daffodil International University student Liton Sarkar, traders Abu Solaiman Md Sohel, Sakhawat Hossain, and Saim Hossain, confessed to their involvement in question paper leaks in court under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The court also sent Abed Ali鈥檚 son Syed Sohanur Rahman, PSC deputy directors Md Abu Zafar and Md Jahangir Alam, assistant director SM Alamgir Kabir, Narayanganj Passport Office security guard Shahdat Hossain, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College technician Niamul Hasan, Department of Immigration and Passports office assistant Mamunur Rashid, Gazipur Cantonment auditor Priyonath Roy, traders Noman Siddique and Jahidul Islam.
PSC formed a three-member probe committee headed by its joint secretary, Abdul Alim Khan, to investigate the question paper leak allegations and suspended five of its officials accused in the scam on Tuesday under the Government Service Act 2018.
Earlier on Monday, the CID filed a case under the Public Service Commission Act with the Paltan police station over leaking question papers for various cadre and non-cadre recruitment tests.
