Dhaka: Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission has detected that that a metre reader of Bangladesh Power Distribution Company Limited (BPDCL) has accumulated huge wealth through illegal means.

The national anti-graft agency during its preliminary probe found that metre reader Md Mosharraf Hossain has a house worth Tk two crore in Narsingdi, 14 decimals of land in Gazipur and 3.12 acres of land in Mymensingh.

"The ACC has detected huge wealth owned by Mosharraf Hossain, now working in BPDCL's Demra zone. He accumulated all the wealth illegally," ACC spokesmen Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told news agency UNB.

The ACC also found 3.4 acres of land owned by Mosharraf, which he got from his father.

Earlier, the Commission received an allegation that the metre reader acquired unusual wealth through illegal means like metre tempering and giving illegal power connections to clients.

Considering the allegation, the ACC launched a probe against him on October 22, 2017.

Pranab said the Commission will soon send a notice to metre reader Mosharraf asking him to submit his wealth statement to the ACC.

Now, ACC assistant director Md Nurul Islam Sarker is conducting a probe against Mosharraf.