The ministry of shipping has launched an investigation against five officers and employees, including chief examiner and chief nautical surveyor (current charge) captain Gias Uddin Ahmed of the department of shipping, on charges of illegal monetary transactions.
Additional secretary of the ministry of shipping Suraiya Parveen Shelley has been assigned to carry out the investigation.
Allegations are there that these officers had been engaged in illegal money transactions over second-class master ship examinations conducted under the department of shipping.
The other four employees under investigation are Abdul Aziz, office assistant of the department of shipping, Nazrul Islam, office assistant, Asad and Md Swapan Islam.
They have been accused of exchanging Tk 22,40,000 through a syndicate in the second-class master ship examination, held on June 6 of this year.
Sources at the ministry of shipping told that the investigation officer Shelley had set October 16 as the date for the field investigation.
Besides, the additional secretary has written to the director general of the department of shipping on October 2, requesting the appointment of an officer to assist in the investigation.
When contacted, director general of the department of shipping commodore Md Maksud Alam said that his office had already received a letter from the ministry.
Regarding the appointment of an officer from his department to assist the investigation officer, the head of the department of shipping stated that he was yet to select anyone but would nominate a suitable officer soon.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has already initiated a formal investigation against Gias Uddin for the alleged acquisition of assets beyond known sources of income.
