BSS-39 Info Commission fines LGED official Tk 5,000

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Info Commission fines LGED official Tk 5,000

DHAKA, Aug 6, 2018 (BSS) – Information Commission (IC) today penalised
Ahmad Shafi, an assistant engineer of Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED) of Feni, for not providing information as per the Right to Information
(RTI) Act and showing apathy in performing his duty.

The Commission fined Shafi Tk 5,000 after holding hearing on an
allegation at its office in city’s Agargaon and ordered him to deliver the
information to the applicant within seven days, said a press release of the
Commission.

Chief Information Commissioner Martuza Ahmed and Information
Commissioners Nepal Chandra Sarker and Suraiya Begum took part in the
hearing.

Earlier, AS Monir of Narayanganj lodged a complaint with the Commission
that Shafi did not provide information although he sought it in a prescribed
form as per the RTI Act 2009.

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