Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a case against the treasurer and former registrar of a private university in Chattogram for allegedly embezzling and misusing money from the teachers' provident fund.

The case was filed on Sunday by ACC Deputy Director Alamgir Hossain.

Southern University Treasurer Sarwar Jahan and former registrar Prof Mozammel Haque are implicated in the case, according to Subel Ahmed, deputy director of ACC Integrated District Office, Chattogram-1.

According to the case documents, a total of Tk 60 million was deposited in a First Security Islami Bank account under the name of the university from Jun 30, 2010 to Jun 22, 2024 for the teachers' provident fund.

Although Sarwar withdrew ...