The Anti- Corruption Commission has decided to run inquiry into the allegation against Planning Commission’s member Humayun Khalid for his alleged involvement in bribing and corruption while he was registrar of the Department of Cooperative.
But when contacted Humayun Khalid, the member of Planning Commission’s Socio Economic Infrastructure Division, denied his involvement in such crimes.
Humayun was registrar of the Department of Cooperative from June 2012 to June 2014.
The ACC yesterday appointed Deputy Director SM Rafiqul Islam as inquiry officer and Director Moniruzzaman as monitoring official to look into the matter of the allegation, said a competent source in the commission.
The source said when Humayun was registrar of the Department of Cooperatives he had leased out a land of others illegally to Bakushah Hawkers Market Cooperative Society in the capital’s Nilkhet area.
In the primary inquiry the commission found some clues to the allegations against that member of the Planning Commission.
Soon, the commission will summon Humayun Khalid, the source also said. However, Humayun said: “The Department of Cooperatives is not responsible for giving lease of any land to any cooperative society.
“As a registrar of the cooperatives I was only responsible for issuing registration to cooperative societies, forming the management of those societies or arranging election for those cooperatives, and auditing their budget.”
Leasing out land to cooperatives are the responsibility of the Ministry of Land and the collectors of Dhaka District, he said.
“There are two parties in the Bakushah Hawkers Market Cooperative Society. During my time as a registrar I had to settle some of their disputes through arbitration. But as the commission decided to run inquiry against me I welcome that initiatives as ,” he said.
