Corruption Charge
HC stays 8 Dhaka parishad tenders
The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the proceedings of eight tenders, floated by Dhaka Zila Parishad authorities for different development projects worth over Tk 15 crore, over corruption charges.
Responding to a writ petition, the court also ordered the government to form a committee in seven days to reevaluate the amount required for the projects and submit a report to the court in four weeks.
The committee is to comprise a Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology professor, the chief engineer of Public Works Department and additional chief engineer of Local Government and Engineering Department.
Petitioner's counsel Manzill Murshid told the court that the parishad's Chief Executive David Paul Khandker Swapan and Assistant Engineer Mukhlesur Rahman floated the tenders on November 15 and December 1 last year and January 10 this year.
However, they inflated the estimated costs and floated double tenders for a single work to misappropriate state money, said Manzill.
Following the petition, the HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif issued a rule upon the government to explain in three weeks why it should not be directed to remove the accused duo from their offices.
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh yesterday filed the petition as a public interest litigation seeking necessary orders from the HC to prevent misappropriation of state money.
Deputy Attorney General Motaher Hossain Saju represented the government.
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