The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) ward no 44 Councillor Md Shafiqul Islam (Shafiq) for earning more than Tk2.50 crore illegally.
ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office-1 Deputy Director Jahangir Alam filed the case, ACC Deputy Director (Public Relations) Muhammad Arif Sadek told UNB.
According to the statement of the case, Councillor Shafiqul Islam, in the statement of assets submitted to the ACC on March 15, 2021, hid the information of assets of Tk11.13 lakh out of the assets of Tk11.97 crore in his name.
Besides, evidence of illegal wealth of Tk2.59 crore has also been found.
The accused Shafiqul Islam submitted the details to the commission mentioning his immovable assets of Tk4.7 crore and movable assets of Tk7.27 crore in various banks.
But during the investigation of ACC, there is evidence that the information of immovable assets of Tk7.49 crore and movable assets of Tk3.63 lakh has been concealed there.
On the other hand, excluding the search expenses, his net worth is found to be Tk10.92 crore.
Out of which he could not demonstrate the source of legitimate income against the acquisition of assets of Tk2.58 crore which is inconsistent with his income and proved to be assets outside known sources of income.
The case has been charged under Section 26(2) and 27(1) of the ACC Act 2004.
