Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate all moveable and immoveable properties of Quazi Abu Mahmud Faisal, First Secretary (Tax) of the National Board of Revenue, his wife Afsana Jasmin and some of his nearest relatives in connection with graft allegations brought against them.S
Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court passed the order after Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Assistant Director Md Mostafiz, and also the head of the enquiry team, submitted an application seeking the order.
The court also directed all the concerned authorities to take necessary initiatives so that Faisal and others could not hand over the properties and launder the money.
The court also asked the ACC to publish this order in one Bangla and one English national dailies.
ACC Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol confirmed the media.
The properties are five kathas of a plot bought from East-West Development (Private) Limited in the name of his wife Afsana Jasmin at Tk 75 lakh, a flat bought from Rupayan Housing Estate Limited in the city’s Ramna area in the name of his father-in-law Ahmed Ali at TK one crore, a five katha plot bought from Jolshiri Housing Project at Khilgaon in his name and in his wife’s name, savings instrument of TK 2,55,00,000, deposits of Tk 6,96,50,908.72 at banks and non-banking financial institutions and moveable properties worth TK 6,89,75,000 which stands at T16,41,25, 908.72.
Aftaf Ali, Kazi Khalid Hassan, Khondaker Hafizur Rahman and Momtaz Begum were involved in acquiring illegal wealth but their identities could not be known.
According to the Inquiry Officer, Abu Mohammad in collaboration with others earned illegal properties through misuse of power and taking bribes. His wife, father-in-law and mentioned relatives have no legal source of income.
Abu Mohammad and his family members can hand over the immovable properties and launder the money deposited in banks and non-banking financial institutions. So, confiscating the immovable properties and freezing all the bank accounts are needed, the Inquiry Officer added.