Sunday, May 11, 2014

ACC quizzes 5 govt officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the subject of Sunday interrogated five high dispensation officials for the sake of psychoanalysis in the stroke filed anew illegal plot allocations to former housing secretary Khandaker Shawkat Hossain, his wife and mother.

Khandaker Shawkat Hossain is now the incumbent secretary of expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry.

The five quizzed officials are former Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) chairman Nurul Huda, director general of Non-Formal Education Directorate Akhter Hossain Bhuiyan (former administrator of Dhaka City Corporation-North), incumbent administrator of DCC (North) Anwarul Hossain Sikder (then Rajuk enthusiast, planning), project director of the Food Directorate M Mahbubul Alam (subsequently Rajuk believer, take at the forefront) and joint secretary of the water resources ministry Khijir Ahmed.

In the primary inquiry into the allegations, investigation bureaucrat of the prosecution and deputy director of the adjacent to-graft agency Jatan Kumar Roy found the involvement of the first four officials in the irregularities.

On 23 April, ACC attributed Jatan Kumar Roy filed three cases taking into account Motijheel police adjoining secretary Khandaker Shawkat Hossain for his involvement in irregularities in distributing plots once he was housing and public works secretary. But none of the five added dispensation officials was sued in the cases.

According to the prosecution details, Khandaker Shawkat Hossain managed to profit an allotment of a 3-katha plan (1 katha = 1.65 decimals) at the Extended Uttara Project for his own in 2001.

Later, he outstretched the outlook toward in 5 kathas through irregularities and sold two kathas from it. But he difficult prepared a facility of attorney linked together in the midst of his say even if assigning a exact on fire company for the progress of the combined five-katha flaming.

In the same habit, he allocated 7.5 kathas goal to his wife and principal of Dhaka College Ayesha Khanam at Purbachal Project in 2004. Later he outstretched the plan to12 kathas.

The secretary in addition to allocated a 3-katha scheme for his mother Zakia Ahmed in Uttara Residential Project and lengthy it to five kathas.

ACC official (examine) Mohammad Sahabuddin told Prothom Alo that Khandaker Shawkat Hossain was the main accused at the rear the irregularities astern the aspire allotment as single-handedly one person from each relatives can attain allotment from these RAJUK projects as per laws.

"The secretary's mother and wife filed sever applications seeking plot allotment and the secretary himself was obviously informed of it. So, the secretary has been named as the main accused in the battle."

He said that the ACC was investigating whether the subsequently RAJUK chief and accessory doling out officials were in motion in illegal plot allotment.

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