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KGDCL illegal gas connection snapped in Chattogram


Published : 14 Jun 2021 09:17 PM | Updated : 14 Jun 2021 09:17 PM

Chittagong-based Karnafuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) has disconnected 22 illegal gas connections given to the son of former minister Nurul Islam following a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).  Three officials and employees of the companyhave already been arrested in the case.

 KGDCL general manager (company secretary) Mohammad Nurul Absar Sikder said illegal gas connections were disconnected in the Sanwara residential area of Chandgaon police station in the last two days on Friday and Saturday.

  ACC filed a case in Chittagong against former Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam's son Mujibur Rahman for illegally transferring gas connections and providing new connections on Wednesday.  

Sharif Uddin, deputy assistant director of ACC Chittagong District Integrated Office-1, filed the case as a plaintiff.

 A total of 5 people were accused in the case.  They are: KGDCL General Manager (Engineering and Services) Md. Sarwar Hossain, South Zone Technician (Surveyor) Md Didarul Alam, Former Manager Mojibur Rahman, Former General Manager (Marketing) Mohammad Ali Chowdhury, illegally Connected Customer Mujibur.

 According to the case statement, MA Salam, a resident of Halishahar area of the city, was connected to 18 unused dual stoves allotted to a customer (now deceased).  Of these, six dual stoves were left and the remaining 12 dual stoves were transferred to Mujibur Rahman, a customer of Chandwara Sanwara residential area of the city.  

They were transferred by making a fake contract in the name of Nurjahan Salam, the wife of the deceased Salam.  Dead Salam and Mujibur Rahman's customer signal are different.  

There is no legal validity to transfer the connection in this case.

 Besides, the gas connection was stopped from February 28, 2016, but 10 more connections were given in the name of Mujibur Rahman in the Sanwara residential area in defiance of this decision.  These connections were made at different times from March 2, 2017 to August 2 of the following year, the case statement said.  

During that period, a total of 22 illegal connections were made in the name of customer Mujibur Rahman by making fake application forms.

 After filing the case, the ACC arrested the current general manager of KGDCL Md Sarwar Hossain, technician Didarul Alam and former manager Mojibur Rahman on Thursday.  They are currently in jail.

 Mohammad Nurul Absar Sikder, General Manager (Company Secretary), KGDCL, said, "The illegal connections have been disconnected by the vigilance team of the concerned zone of the marketing department."  

All the 22 connections allotted in the name of Mujibur Rahman have been disconnected.