The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday lodged a case against six people, including a RAB official, in connection with dishonest exchange of Tk1.1 crore for registering a vested property in a woman’s name.
The woman, Zinat Ara, is one of the six while the remaining five are Law Officer and Executive Magistrate of RAB Mohammed Anisur Rahman, Assistant Commissioner (land) of Dhanmondi circle Samar Chandra Sutradhar, former Kotwali circle land officer Humayun Mollah, Mohammed Ali Hossain and Mohiuddin.
ACC Assistant Director Abu Bakar Siddique filed the case with Tejgaon police station, said the commission’s Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
According to the case statement, Anisur, while serving as the assistant commissioner (land) of Kotwali circle, and the other four accused took Tk1.1 crore from Zinat to give her eight decimals of vested land in Wari through mutation on July 21, 2013.
The original owner of the land was Jashoda Lalbagh Roy and it became a vested property when she moved to India at the time of partition.
Zinat later on claimed ownership of the land, for which she was also sued, and Anisur put her name in the mutation form in exchange for the money, the case statement read.
An ACC official said an inquiry into the allegation was carried out before the case was filed and proof was also found.