The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against Rafiqul Hasan, Project Director of the Amphan Project under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), and his wife Kaniz Fatema, on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.
He was close associate of Mohiuddin Maharaj , fomer Member of Parliament in Pirojpur -2 Constituency. Using his influence, Rafiqul Hasan managed everything. Mohiuddin also used former principal Secretary to the then Prime Minister's Office Tafazzal Hossain Miah's name in many cases. Mohiuddin was known as 'Treasurer ' of Tofazzal Hossain Miah.
In Barishal region including Pirojpur, huge works under LGED were given to Mohiuddin Maharaj and his associates violating rules and regulations. Rafiqul Hasan has allegedly paid bills without completion of works in many projects by taking bribes.
The cases were recently filed by Arif Hossain, Assistant Director of the ACC's Pirojpur Integrated District Office.
Rafiqul Hasan is currently serving as the Project Director of LGED’s CAFDRIRP (Rural Road Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project for Cyclone Amphan and Flood Damage), based in the LGED building in Agargaon, Dhaka.
He joined LGED as an assistant engineer in 1995 and previously served as the Executive Engineer in Pirojpur from 2013 to 2018. He hailed from Kamalapur village under Faridpur Sadar Upazila.
According to the ACC's Pirojpur office and case files, investigations revealed that Rafiqul Hasan accumulated several crores of taka through abuse of power during his service.
In 2019, the ACC’s Barishal office began investigating his assets. On January 30, 2019, he submitted a wealth statement to the ACC. It was found that he had purchased a 1,740 square feet apartment in Japan Garden City, Dhaka, for Tk 11,186,600 but declared only Tk 4,340,750 in the submitted statement—concealing Tk 7,636,600.
Further analysis of his life insurance premium payments under a multiple-payment policy revealed a discrepancy: although he paid Tk 1,705,000 in 11 installments, his declaration mentioned only Tk 1,305,000—concealing Tk 400,000.
ACC sources further revealed that the total immovable and movable assets in Rafiqul Hasan’s name amount to Tk 18,096,060. His legitimate income stands at Tk 9,398,336, while family and other expenses are reported at Tk 5,005,143. This leaves him with illogical and unexplained assets worth Tk 13,702,867. The payment for the flat and other claimed sources of income are inconsistent with his known income.
In the separate case against Kaniz Fatema, it was stated that her asset declaration includes claims of receiving funds from Rafiqul Hasan and from her expatriate brothers, as well as income from agriculture. However, these claims have been found false and inconsistent. She reportedly owns immovable and movable assets worth Tk 3,892,751, which the ACC believes were acquired through bribes and corruption by her husband. Even the notarized declarations submitted by the couple were found to contain discrepancies, according to the ACC’s investigation.
Sheikh Md. Golam Maula , Deputy Director of the ACC’s Pirojpur Combined District Office, said, “Since the wealth acquired through bribery and corruption is inconsistent with known sources of income, two separate cases have been filed against Rafiqul Hasan and Kaniz Fatema.”
A message was sent to his WhatsApp number seeking comments on the allegations but he did not reply.
