Massive corruption, money laundering : Mobable, immovable property of Ex-PWD chief Engn Ashraful Alam confiscated
Staff Correspondent
Former Chief Engineer of Public Works Department and Director General of Housing and Building Research Institute. The movable and immovable assets of Ashraful Alam have been attached.
In view of the application of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the order was given by the Senior Special Judge Court recently. ACC filed a case against him on June 21 for illegal acquisition of half a crore taka.
Out of the seized immovable assets are about 250 percent land in Sonatala in Bogra, Tk 48.5 lakh in Lalmatia, Gulshan and Banani branches of IFIC Bank.
According to the ACC application, the accused Ashraful is trying to sell, transfer or sell the illegally acquired immovable and immovable assets elsewhere, according to reliable sources. Transfer of property would defeat the purpose of the Act. The investigating officer has applied to the court to attach the immovable property and freeze the immovable property.
Earlier on June 21, Director General of Housing and Building Research Institute. ACC had filed two separate cases against Ashraful Alam and his wife. Assistant Director of the organization Mohammad Noor Alam Siddiqui filed two cases as plaintiff.
According to the statement of the case, in the first case, Md. Ashraful Alam and his wife Sabina Alam have been made accused. Ashraful Alam has been made the second accused by making the wife the main accused in this case. Accused Sabina Alam in this case has been charged with concealment of assets amounting to Tk 66 lakh 26 thousand 465 and illegal assets amounting to Tk 3 crore 76 lakh 24 thousand 335 in the asset declaration submitted to the court.
On the other hand, in the second case. Ashraful Alam has been accused of concealing assets of Tk 27 lakh 92 thousand 63 and acquiring assets outside known income of Tk 23 lakh 79 thousand 246 in the asset declaration submitted to ACC.
The accused have been charged under Sections 26(2), 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Section 109 of the Penal Code as well as Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
