Barapukuria coal scam started On Friday, the three-member inquiry committee headed by Petrobangla director (Operations), handed over their investigation report to Petrobangla Chairman.
The investigation report was then handed over to the Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. Then the state ministers and senior officials of the ministry held a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office with the report. The investigation report mentions the involvement of the former four managing directors with coal fired. In order to further investigate the incident, a decision has been made to form another investigation committee headed by an additional secretary of the Ministry of Energy.
On the other hand, on Tuesday night, Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited filed a lawsuit against 19 people, including the newly-managed managing director for the theft of the robbery by the plaintiff. The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating the case. A three-member ACC ACC officially started an investigation. This team also imposed a ban on mining accused abroad.
The people were surprised by the disappearance of 1,44,000 tonnes of coal extracted by Barapukuria coal mine. It has also become a big question as to how such a large theft took place. A member of the Petrobangla Investigation Committee said that in the last 13 years, officials from the post of managing director to deputy general manager were involved in this irregularity-corruption. That is, we see, Barapukuria coal mine is not pondiculture, it has been the sea pond.
Such high-ranking officials can not be considered to have such a big corruption. If the allegations are proved in the investigation, then they will be considered as a sedition, but it will not be exaggerated. This great injustice has been done against the public interest. In the northern part of the electricity supply already obstructed. Stagnation also took place in other activities of electricity, including irrigation. This means that the coal theft has brought a terrible loss to the state as a whole.
The accused should be prosecuted and if the culprit is proved then the punishment should be severe. The punishment of lower-level culprits will be punished, but high officials will not be punished, it can not be. Whatever the criminal, its social position, the wrongdoing will be brought to justice - this is the key word of the rule of law.