The police have arrested two employees on charges of embezzling Tk. 25 lakh from WASA customers in Chattagram. WASA authorities handed them over to the police on Monday (January 20) afternoon. The arrested are WASA data entry operators Ajmir Hossain and Mithun Das. Preparations are underway to file a case against them on charges of financial irregularities.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chawkbazar Police Station Jahedul Kabir said that WASA authorities have handed over the two to the police. Although we have not received any written complaint yet, appropriate action will be taken after receiving the complaint. On the other hand, WASA Commercial Manager Kazi Shahidul Islam said that we have found irregularities worth Tk. 24 lakh 66 thousand so far. Efforts are being made to find out who else is involved in this gang through investigation. Legal action will be taken against the culprits.
Sources said that this gang had been regularly stealing customers' bill money since 2019. Although they collected the bill money from customers and showed it as a deposit in WASA's computer system, the money was not actually deposited in WASA's bank account.