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Motijheel school official submits wealth statement to ACC

He has 97 bank accounts in 15 banks where more than Tk110.69 crore was transacted in last 14 years

Update : 06 Sep 2021, 10:05 PM

Facing graft charges, administrative officer ofMotijheel Ideal School and College Atiqur Rahman Khan on Monday submitted his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC).

Atiqur was interrogated on August 8 over allegations that he took bribes from admission-seeking students and set up various businesses with that illegally-earned money, Deputy Director of ACC Public Relations Office Muhammad Arif Sadeq said.  

Earlier, a Dhaka court barred him from travelling abroad.


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Joining Motijheel Ideal School and College in 2004 as a grade three employee (deputy assistant engineer), he has been performing additional duties as an administrative officer since 2015.

According to ACC investigation, he owns Biswas Library at Banasree Mosque Market in Rampura, Biswas Bazar in Block B of Aftabnagar, a real estate company called Vision-71 in Rampura Banasree area, four houses in Aftabnagar and another house in Banasree.

There is also an organisation called Khan Filling and LPG in Banasree area and National Fried Kitchen in Aftabnagar allegedly run by him.

The ACC has found 97 bank accounts in his name in 15 banks of the country where more than Tk110.69 crore was transacted from 2007 to March 28 this year.


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The transactions were done in the name of his company, his wife Nahida Akter Neepa, elder brothers Abdus Salam Khan and Fazlur Rahman Khan, and father-in-law Nurul Islam, ACC says.

Meanwhile, the ACC is also investigating the allegations of graft against Shahanara Begum, principal of Ideal School and College’s Banasree branch.

The anti-graft body initiated the probe after receiving allegations of amassing illegal wealth and embezzlement of hundreds of crores against her through various irregularities and corruption, including admission manipulation.

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