UNB, Dhaka :The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate former Housing and Public Works secretary Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain again on May 20 for allegedly taking government plots abusing power. The ACC will also question former joint secretary Nazmul Hye, joint secretary of Water Resources Ministry Khijir Ahmed, Rajuk assistant director Hafizur Rahman and its office assistant Shahidul Islam in connection with the graft allegation.The anti-graft body on Monday sent notices, signed by its investigation officer and deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy, to them asking them to be present at the ACC head office within the stipulated date, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.The ACC had also interrogated Dr Showkat Hossain on March 5 this year in connection with irregularities in Rajuk plot distribution.On Sunday, the ACC grilled former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) M Nurul Huda and four other senior officials of the government in connection with the allegation.On April 22 last, Jatan Kumar Roy filed the three cases against Dr Showkat with Motijheel Police Station in the capital.According to ACC sources, Dr Showkat Hossain, now Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary, has taken three plots against the names of his family members abusing his power when he was the Housing and Public Works secretary.As per the Rajuk rules, the husband and wife cannot be owners of its separate plots, but Showkat has taken three plots in the government quota in his name and that of his wife, Dr Ayesha Begum and mother.
