Staff Correspondent

Patuakhali District Civil Surgeon Kabir Hossain has been accused of various irregularities and corruption including recruitment, transfer business and money embezzlement of various projects.

It is alleged that the civil surgeon does not sign any file without money. Even health assistants and officials have to pay money for granting leave. If you don't give him money, you won't get it. Also, to register the diagnostic clinic, one has to pay 50 thousand to one lakh taka. In this way, through various irregularities and corruption, this government official has become the owner of huge wealth. He built a luxurious duplex house in his village home, Galachipa. Bought crores of land in Patuakhali district town. There are also flats in Dhaka.

According to the investigation, Civil Surgeon published a recruitment circular on March 12 this year. In this, 124 officers-employees recruitment notification was given. Out of this, 108 health assistants, 2 computer operators, 2 office assistants, 2 statisticians, 6 storekeepers and 3 drivers.

Talking to some people who applied for the job, it is known that the civil surgeon fixed a bribe of 13 to 20 lakh taka for these positions. As such, he plans to grab 16 to 20 crores of business through business in this appointment. And from those with whom the contrast final has already been taken, half the amount has already been taken by the Civil Surgeon.

The reporter spoke with a woman applying for the office assistant position. On the condition of not revealing his name, he said that he would be given a job as a civil surgeon if he paid Tk 15 lakh. In this case, the Civil Surgeon will also take all the responsibility of passing the written test and exam. The woman also agreed to the civil surgeon's proposal.

However, the civil surgeon's contrast with that is to pay after the job is done. But after the change of Awami League government, the contract conditions were changed by the civil surgeon. The job seeker calls the woman and says that she will get a job only if she pays 13 lakhs, not 15 lakhs. But the money must be paid now. However, the woman did not agree to pay the money before getting the job.

A health assistant at a community clinic of a union in Patuakhali Sadar Upazila, who did not wish to be named, said that he had applied for transfer a long time ago. But the civil surgeon is not signing his transfer file due to non-payment. Because of which you can't move around for a long time. The victim health assistant also said that although a sum of money is allotted for vitamin-A capsules every month from the Civil Surgeon Office, it is not given from the Civil Surgeon's office.

He also bought some medicines without paying the allocated money for the treatment of the sick officers and employees working in the freedom fighter quota. In this way, civil surgeon Kabir Hossain traded commissions from all sectors.

A director of Mahipur Seva Diagnostic said that this organization was newly registered last year. After completing all the work online, the money is deposited in the bank. Later, as if people were sent from the Civil Surgeon's office to visit him, he asked to meet Belal when he went to the Civil Surgeon's room. Then Belal asked for 30 thousand taka for civil surgeon. I give him 20 thousand taka . After the visit, when he went to get the final signature, he asked for Tk 50,000 again. Then I reduced 10,000 taka to 40,000 taka and got the signature.

When asked about this, Patukhali Civil Surgeon Kabir Hossain said that he knows from those who complained. I have nothing to say. I did not do anything wrong.