Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started interrogating Juba Mahila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in a case of amassing illegal wealth worth around Tk 6.24 crore.
The commission deputy director Shahin Ara Momtaz started the interrogation at its interrogation cell of Dhaka Central Jail, said ACC secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader.
He said that the commission would take necessary steps following the outcome of the interrogation.
On August 4, the commission filed a case against Papia and her husband Mofizur on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth around Tk 6.24 crore. During inquiry, the commission found the illegal wealth in their names and the accused failed to show any known source of their income.
According to the first information report, before being arrested by RAB, Papia paid Tk 3.23 crore in cash to the Westin Dhaka as bill and spent Tk 4 crore for shopping from October 2019 to February 2020.
The FIR said that she paid Tk 30 lakh as house rent from April 2015 to April 2020 while she invested Tk 1 crore in the automobile business and opened a car servicing centre named KMC Car Wash Solution spending Tk 20 lakh in Narsingdi.
ACC found Tk 30.52 lakh in several bank accounts belonging to the couple while RAB seized Tk 58.41 lakh from them in cash. The commission also found an SUV in Mofizur’s name, which is worth around Tk 22 lakh. On February 28, the commission launched an inquiry against Papia on the charge of her alleged involvement in accumulating illegal wealth.
Earlier on February 23, RAB raided two flats owned by the couple after arresting them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on the previous day. RAB seized counterfeit notes, foreign currencies and around Tk 2.5 lakh in cash raiding the flats.
RAB also seized around Tk 58 lakh in cash raiding the two flats at Indira Road in Dhaka and a presidential suite at a five-star hotel.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started interrogating Juba Mahila League’s suspended leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in a case of amassing illegal wealth worth around Tk 6.24 crore.
The commission deputy director Shahin Ara Momtaz started the interrogation at its interrogation cell of Dhaka Central Jail, said ACC secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader.
He said that the commission would take necessary steps following the outcome of the interrogation.
On August 4, the commission filed a case against Papia and her husband Mofizur on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth around Tk 6.24 crore. During inquiry, the commission found the illegal wealth in their names and the accused failed to show any known source of their income.
According to the first information report, before being arrested by RAB, Papia paid Tk 3.23 crore in cash to the Westin Dhaka as bill and spent Tk 4 crore for shopping from October 2019 to February 2020.
The FIR said that she paid Tk 30 lakh as house rent from April 2015 to April 2020 while she invested Tk 1 crore in the automobile business and opened a car servicing centre named KMC Car Wash Solution spending Tk 20 lakh in Narsingdi.
ACC found Tk 30.52 lakh in several bank accounts belonging to the couple while RAB seized Tk 58.41 lakh from them in cash. The commission also found an SUV in Mofizur’s name, which is worth around Tk 22 lakh. On February 28, the commission launched an inquiry against Papia on the charge of her alleged involvement in accumulating illegal wealth.
Earlier on February 23, RAB raided two flats owned by the couple after arresting them at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on the previous day. RAB seized counterfeit notes, foreign currencies and around Tk 2.5 lakh in cash raiding the flats.
RAB also seized around Tk 58 lakh in cash raiding the two flats at Indira Road in Dhaka and a presidential suite at a five-star hotel.
