ACC to grill Shilpakala Academy DG
06 January 2022, 02:33 pm | Updated: 23 November 2024, 08:00 pm
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has set January 16 for questioning the director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the wake of allegations of funds embezzlement and abuse of power against him.
Deputy director of the ACC's public relations office Muhammad Arif Sadeq said a notice was issued to DG Liaquat Ali Lucky on Wednesday, asking him to appear before the Commission at its head office at 10am.
A two-member team led by ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Ibrahim is looking into the matter. The other team member is Afnan Jannat Keya.
The ACC sought the records of the expenditure of the budget allotted to the academy for the financial years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, the records of the cost of organising virtual programmes during Covid in 2020, and bank statement of BSA with Sonali Bank till December 31, 2021.
Earlier, the Commission had also asked the Academy to submit the necessary records and documents within January 11.
