The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to file a case against Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in-law of BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, for not submitting her wealth statement.
A meeting of the commission approved filing of the case as she had not submitted her wealth statement on time as asked by the ACC, said an official.
The anti-graft body served a notice upon Iqbal Mand Banu on January 25, 2012, asking her to submit her wealth statement. Zakir Hossain, caretaker of her house, received the notice on her behalf.
On May 29, 2007, the ACC had served a notice upon Tarique Rahman, asking him to submit his wealth statement. Later, analysing his statement, the commission found that Tarique had accumulated wealth worth Tk4.82 crore through illegal means and concealed information of his properties valued at Tk4.23 crore.
Following the findings, the ACC on September 26, 2007 filed a case with Kafrul police station against Tarique, his wife Zubaida Rahman and mother-in-law on charge of concealing wealth information. Sources said of the Tk4.82 crore, the commission had found Fixed Deposit Receipts for Tk35 lakh against Zubaida. But Tarique claimed that Zubaida had got the money from her mother.
The ACC, however, did not find any evidence supporting the claim. It rather got proof that Zubaida and her mother had aided Tarique in his attempt to show illegal income as legal.
