The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed former state minister for law Shahjahan Omar, relating to charges of accumulating illegal wealth worth millions of Taka.
Harun-ur-Rashid, deputy director of the ACC, quizzed Omar at the commission’s headquarters regarding the former state minister’s alleged involvement in accumulating illegal wealth, concealing wealth information, and laundering some of the illegally earned money to London, ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya confirmed to reporters.
Commission sources claimed Omar had admitted of owning shares worth Tk1.5bn at Sangore Textile in Savar, as well as owning several flats in Dhaka bought under his family members’ names. However, he denies money laundering allegations levelled against him, the sources added.
When asked, Investigation Officer of the case Harun-ur-Rashid told the Dhaka Tribune that the commission asked the former state minister to provide some documents, which he agreed to submit on November 4.
The ACC had earlier conducted a primary inquiry into graft allegations against Omar, following which the commission served Omar a notice on October 9, asking him to appear before the ACC on October 24.
According to the case statement, the ACC inquiry found that Shahjahan, in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC, had concealed information regarding assets worth Tk4.6m and could not provide any valid source for Tk26m worth of wealth.