Amjad Hossain and his assistant Mumtaz Begum of Chakaria Social Services Directorate were dismissed for taking bribe.

Arafat kader, Chattogram.

Amjad Hossain, an official of Social Services Department of Chakaria Upazila and office assistant cum computer coder Mumtaz Begum were dismissed on the charge of taking bribe.

Cox’s Bazar Chakria Upazila Social Service Officer Amjad Hossain and Office Assistant cum Computer Numerologist Mumtaz Begum have been temporarily suspended. Secretary of the Ministry of Social Welfare. Khairul Alam Sheikh and Social Services Department Joint Secretary (Director Administration and Finance) Syed Md. This information was given in a separate notification signed by Nurul Bachi.

Earlier, a video of bribe taking went viral on social media. Then riots started all over the country. Moreover, after all the media of the country have been promoting the bribe transaction of Amjad Hossain and Mumtaz Begum, there has been a storm of criticism on Facebook.

According to the notification, a capitation grant of Tk 1 lakh 92 thousand has been allocated for the children of Harbang Madhyam Paharchanda Orphanage in Chakaria Upazila. Upazila Social Service Officer to get this money. Amjad Hossain and office assistant-cum-computer numismatist Mumtaz Begum demanded a bribe of Tk 80,000 from the orphanage president Rafiqul Islam. After three rounds of meetings, Momtaz Begum was given a cash bribe of 40,000 rupees. A contribution of five thousand rupees is demanded for the office expenses of distributing sewing machines to beggars.
Apart from this, Amjad Hossain and Mumtaz Begum used to collect bribes of Tk 2 to 3 thousand from the beneficiaries to get old age allowance, widow allowance, education stipend and disability allowance books.

When asked about the temporary dismissal of the two officials, Rafiqul Islam, the president of the victim orphanage, said, “Those who share the money of the orphans, are they good people?” All the poor people go to the social service office, but some of these officers and employees are sucking them. I am happy that the concerned department has taken action against them quickly.

Chakaria upazila social service officer to know about the dismissal. Repeated calls to the mobile number of Amjad Hossain and office assistant-cum-computer numismatist Mumtaz Begum were unanswered.