B Mirror Report: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned six former high-ranking officials, including a former ACC commissioner and two former chairmen of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), for questioning over a case involving an alleged loss of Tk 9,000 crore to the state.

According to separate notices issued recently from the ACC headquarters, the accused have been asked to appear for interrogation on April 9. The information was confirmed through letters signed by the investigation officer, Deputy Director Md. Mashiur Rahman.

Those summoned include former BTRC chairman Sunil Kanti Bose, former vice chairman Brig Gen (retd) Md. Ahsan Habib Khan, former chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmud, former BTRC commissioner and ex-ACC commissioner Md. Jahurul Haque, and former commissioners Md. Rezaul Kader and Md. Aminul Hasan. All of them are accused in the case.

The ACC filed the case on December 3, 2025, accusing the officials of illegally reducing international incoming call termination rates and revenue sharing, causing significant financial losses to the state. At the time of the alleged incident, Jahurul Haque served as a BTRC commissioner and later as its chairman. The case was filed by ACC Director Md. Jalal Uddin Ahmed.

According to the case statement, between October 2015 and January 2018, BTRC authorities allegedly reduced the call termination rate from $0.03 to $0.015 without government approval. The government’s revenue share was also reduced from 51.75 percent to 40 percent, while the share of IGW operators was increased from 13.25 percent to 20 percent.

The ACC claims these actions were illegal and resulted in losses amounting to Tk 383.73 crore from reduced revenue share, Tk 2,941.99 crore from lower call rates, and Tk 5,685.01 crore due to failure to repatriate foreign currency. The total estimated loss stands at Tk 9,010.74 crore.

The case has been filed under sections 409 and 418 of the Penal Code, section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

Meanwhile, a separate investigation is ongoing against Md. Jahurul Haque over allegations of illicit wealth accumulation and abuse of power. He joined the ACC as a commissioner on March 10, 2021, and resigned on October 30, 2024, the same day former ACC chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah and commissioner Asiya Khatun also stepped down.