OCCUPATION OF PLOT AT GULSHAN: ACC sues 11 sans Salam Murshedy
Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a criminal lawsuit against 11 individuals, including a former Rajuk director, for illegally occupying an abandoned residential plot in Gulshan, Dhaka.
The case was filed by ACC’s Deputy Director Md Yasir Arafat on Monday, February 5. Notably absent from the list of accused is Awami League MP from Khulna-4 and vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation, Abdus Salam Murshedy, who has been reported to be unlawfully occupying the property, according to ACC sources.
The charges were framed under Sections 420/467/468/471/109 and Section 5(2) of the Anti-Corruption Act of 1947.
The individuals accused in the case include Rajuk’s former chairman Humayun Khadem, Engineer M Azizul Huq, former assistant secretary Abdus Sobhan, Rajuk’s assistant director Shah Md Sadrul Alam, former caretaker Md Habib Ullah, former deputy director Md Azharul Islam, former director Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan, member Lt Col (Retd) M Nurul Huq, former branch assistant of the Department of Housing and Public Works Md Mahbubul Huq, Mir Mohammad Hasan, and Mir Md Nurul Afsar.
The filing of this case followed a writ petition submitted to the High Court by Barrister Sumon, seeking an investigation directive.
The petition, filed on October 30, 2022, alleged that Abdus Salam Murshedy had been illegally occupying House No. 29 at Road No. 104 in Gulshan-2, which was declared an abandoned property.
The ACC, among other respondents, was directed to investigate the claim, which commenced on January 30 of the previous year and concluded in July 2023.
The ACC’s case alleges that the accused facilitated the misappropriation of government property by authorizing the handover and approving the mutation of false documents.
This was in regard to the plot at CEN (D) No. 27, Holding No. 29, Road No. 104 in the Gulshan residential area, which was declared abandoned in a gazette published by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, thereby benefiting themselves and others through forgery.
