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Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday decided to launch an investigation against former road, transport and bridges minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and former secretary ABM Aminullah Nabi. ACC spokesperson Aktarul Islam told ACC took the decision to investigate the complaint against Obaidul Quader and ABM Aminullah.
The complaint sent to the ACC director general (special investigation) said that the process of purchasing 137 buses for the 20km specialized-lane from airport to Gazipur was halted as the former minister and the then secretary wanted to purchase the buses through a company of their preference. They delayed the entire process after failing to do that.
Gazipur resident and businessperson Jannatul Baki sought information in this regard under the Right to Information Act on July 25. However, the BRT authorities said they were unable to provide any information.
Although six companies took part in the first tender, there was not enough competition. So, questions were raised regarding the competitiveness of the second tender where the number of participants was two.
At the same time, the cost of the project was growing exponentially as the dollar exchange rate at the time was Tk 106 during the first tender.
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