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ACC to investigate PM's former APS Liku's corruption

ACC to investigate PM's former APS Liku's corruption

Staff Correspondent

He bought 500 bigha of land in various areas including Kotalipara in Gopalganj. A 10-storey building has been built on one and a half bigha land in Madhu City, Basila, Dhaka. Gabtali took lease of bus terminal by abuse of power. He became the owner of cars, houses, buildings and businesses in different areas of the capital and Gopalganj.

Amassed huge amount of known non-income assets by doing anonymous contracting in various departments. He smuggled huge amount of money abroad. The Prime Minister's Office and the SEC have filed several such complaints against the Prime Minister's former Assistant Private Secretary (APS) Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken a policy decision to investigate Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku after receiving various complaints from the victims. An investigation officer will be appointed soon to investigate the allegations of acquiring assets beyond his known income, an ACC source said. Dismissal on prima facie allegation

It is said that Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku has been dismissed from the post of APS after getting the initial truth of these complaints submitted to the Prime Minister's office. On May 29, the Ministry of Public Administration canceled the contractual appointment of Prime Minister's Assistant Private Secretary Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku and Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Zahid Tushar. The news of the sudden cancellation of the contractual appointment of these two influential officials of the Prime Minister's Office sparked a storm of discussion everywhere. Liku, a former student leader of Gopalganj district, has been serving under the Prime Minister for almost 20 years.

So especially the news of his removal started a commotion everywhere. In many places of Gopalganj, the anti-liquists also organized joyous processions and distributed sweets. Upazila has passed his candidate!

According to the complaint, Likur has developed a huge circle of influence in government institutions and parties due to serving in the Prime Minister's office for a long time. He trades in lobbying by using the name of the Prime Minister and by name. Recently, in the first phase of the upazila parishad election.

Liku was accused of abusing his power and forcing his own candidate to pass in Gopalganj Sadar upazila. In the election, chairman candidate Liaquat Bhuiyan got the highest number of votes, but there were allegations that he failed late at night and passed the candidate supported by Lipu.

The wealth of the entire family increased

According to the complaint submitted to the ACC, Liku and his family members got Aladdin's lamp in their hands after being appointed as personal assistant to the Prime Minister by a district level student leader of Gopalganj. The entire family's wealth swelled hundreds of times.

The allegations raised questions about Liku's huge wealth. It is said that he has built a huge 10-storey building on one and a half bigha land in Madhu City located in Basila, Dhaka.

Several multi-storied buildings have been constructed in Gopalganj city under the ownership of his brothers and sisters-in-law, brothers and other relatives. Liku has bought about 500 bigha of agricultural land around Kotalipara and Gopalganj Sadar. He made farms and enclosures in them.

The capital's Gabtali bus terminal has been leased in the name of Liku people. He also did contracting business in various offices. The Likur family owns Welcome Paribahan, which operates between Dhaka and South Bengal.

When asked about this, a senior official of the ACC, who did not want to reveal his name, said, "The principled decision to investigate has been made after receiving multiple complaints from the locals." However, the investigation officer has not been appointed yet.

When asked about this from ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Aktarul Islam, he said, "I have not received any information regarding this yet. I will let you know if I get it.

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