The Special Judge Court of Dhaka today instructed Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit its probe report against former IGP Benazir Ahmed and NBR member Matiur Rahman and their family members on March 11next.
The vacation Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court Ibrahim Miah passed these orders after accepting the cases filed by the ACC.
The ACC on December 15 filed four cases against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, his wife and two daughters and two cases against former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman and his wife Shammi Akhter Shibly for their alleged involvement in earning illegal wealth and concealing it.
The ACC brought allegations of acquiring of Tk74,13,39,000 illegally against Benazir, his wife and two daughters in four cases and concealing it.
In the first case, the ACC brought allegations against Benazir for illegally acquiring wealth worth about Tk9,44,64,751 and concealing of wealth worth about Tk2,62,89,060.
In the second case, Benazir and his wife Jisan Mirza, both are accused. The anti-graft body brought allegations against Benazir’s wife Jisan Mirza for her involvement in illegally acquiring of Tk31,69,55,149 beyond her known source of income and concealing of wealth worth about Tk16,01,71,336 .
The ACC alleged that Jisan Mirza acquired the wealth from the illegal income of her husband.
In the third case, Benazir and his elder daughter Farhin Rishta Benazir have been accused where the ACC brought allegation of acquiring Tk8,75,00,275 illegally beyond her known source of income.
In the fourth case, Benazir and his younger daughter Tahsin Raisa Binte-Benazir were made accused where the ACC brought allegations of illegally acquiring of Tk5,59,55,085 beyond her known source of income under sub-section 1 and 2 of the clause 26 and 27 of the ACC Act-2004.
On the other hand, the anti graft regulatory body raised allegations of acquiring wealth worth about Tk5,28,75,939 illegally against Matiur Rahman beyond his known source of income and concealing of wealth worth about Tk1,27,66,216.
In the second case, allegation of illegally acquiring of wealth worth about Tk1,97,15,490 was raised against Matiur’s second wife Shammi Akhter Shibly and concealing of wealth worth about Tk2,75,28,475 under the same section of the ACC law.
Benazir Ahmed and Matiur Rahman submitted their wealth statements to the anti-corruption commission in September last, 2023 and the ACC started investigation against both of them on April 22 this year.
The ACC has already freezed the bank accounts of Benazir and confiscated properties worth about Tk100 crore.
The ACC also filed cases against Benazir and four others for their alleged involvement in passport forgery on October 14 last.
The ACC started investigation against Matiur on June 23 last.
