An Anti-Corruption Commission team has started looking into assets owned by seven-murder prime accused Nur Hossain, who has allegedly amassed illegal wealth.
The team, led by Deputy Director Md Julfikar Ali and Assistant Director Shafiullah, visited Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj yesterday. “Our investigation is ongoing. We will brief the media after further scrutiny,” they told reporters.
They visited houses and properties owned by Nur and his family. His wife Ruma Akter did not speak with the investigators.
Nur, a bus driver’s assistant-turned-politician, became Shiddhirganj union council chairman in 1992 but joined the AL four years later. He was accused in cases filed over the abduction and murder of seven men in Narayanganj in 2014.
A year later, the ACC started investigating his assets. An initial inquiry found that he had withheld information about wealth worth around Tk8 crore. India handed over Nur to Bangladesh on Nov 12 last year. On December 13, he submitted a wealth statement to the ACC secretary claiming his assets to the tune of Tk1.78 crore.
ACC sources said they would scrutinise the statements by Nur and his wife and recommend legal actions if anomalies are found.
