ACC indicts police official, wife and mother-in-law for amassing huge illegal wealth

Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) has filed a law suit with its integrated district office in Pirojpur against a police inspector of Feni for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth of Tk 180 million.
The official, Syed Abdullah, a former officer-in-charge (OC) of Mathbaria police station in Pirojpur, is now the inspector of crime section of Feni police superintendent (SP) office.
His wife, Farhana Akhter, and mother-in-law, Karima Khatun, have also been implicated in the case lodged on Thursday by the ACC’s assistant director, Md Mustafiz.
According to the case statement, Syed Abdullah, a resident of Lahuria Talukderpara village of Lohagara in Narail, made two National Identity (NID) cards for his wife, Farhana Akhter, to carry out forgery.
He bought savings certificates worth Tk 100 million in his wife’s name using those NIDs. With purchasing a car at Tk 3.1 million, she has more than Tk 17.6 million-deposits [Tk 176, 95,854] with her different bank accounts. Apart from this, two plots were purchased in Syed Abdullah’s name while two residential flats and a commercial space in Farhana’s name. A flat was purchased in Karima Khatun’s name, paying money from the bank account of her daughter, Farhana Akhter. The three accused acquired both tangible and intangible assets of more than Tk 181.5 million [Tk 181,560,286] in total, the case statement added.
It is alleged in the lawsuit that Syed Abdullah used his police identity to make money by illegal means-bribe and corruption. Later he transferred the illegal incomes to his wife and mother-in-law. However, all moveable and immovable assets acquired illegally have been seized at the court’s order.