The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to make inquiries into irregularities in the finances of Local Government Engineering Department Chief Engineer Md Wahidur Rahman.
The decision came after allegations surfaced that the chief engineer acquired illegal wealth and was involved in money laundering, an ACC official said yesterday.
The corruption busting agency in 2008 conducted an inquiry into the same allegation of illegal wealth accumulation and undisclosed income, but failed to find any irregularities.
The official, in his wealth statement for 2008, said he worked with LGED from 1982. He spent Tk13.5m on the construction of a building and had Tk4.83m in different banks.
However, the commission earlier could find no irregularities in his wealth statement, ACC sources said.
Recently, the commission decided to make further inquiries into the allegation that he had undisclosed income and been involved in money laundering.
The commission had already received photos suggesting that Wahidur Rahman, his son and daughter-in-law had property in Australia, including a building, car etc, said an ACC source.
A committee will be formed soon in this regard, he added.
When contacted, the LGED chief engineer declined to comment on the matter.
“I am yet to be informed formally about the matter and cannot comment on it till receiving any notice from the graft busting agency,” he said.