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DHAKA, Nov 16, 2025 (BSS) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against six serving and former Bangladesh Railway officials for alleged irregularities that caused a loss of about Tk 358 crore in the procurement of 125 luggage vans.

ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the matter at a press briefing at the commission headquarters today.

The case, lodged last Thursday at the ACC Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, was filed by ACC Deputy Assistant Director Md Habibur Rahman under relevant sections of the Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.

The accused are Additional Chief Mechanical Engineer Ahmed Mahbub Chowdhury, Bangladesh Railway Director Mrinal Kanti Banik, Project Director Abdul Matin Chowdhury, former general managers Md Harun-or-Rashid and Md Mizanur Rahman and former director general Shamsuzzaman.

According to the ACC, the officials conspired to present the project as feasible without proper feasibility studies or market assessments. 

Investigators also found unrealistic income projections and accounting irregularities, leading to the state's loss of Tk 358 crore.