The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed three separate cases against Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Khondaker Showkat Hossain for acquiring plots from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) by abusing power.
ACC Deputy Director Jatan Kumer Roy filed the cases with Motijheel police station.
According to the first information report, Showkat, while serving as the housing and public works secretary, acquired a five katha (3,600 sq-ft) plot in his name, and another same-sized plot in his mother’s name.
He also booked a five katha plot in his wife’s name at Purbachal New City Project in 2005.
The plot was later changed to 10 katha and later to 12 katha by “exchanging” with the previous ones.
On the same allegation, the ACC last month questioned Showkat; former Rajuk chairman M Nurul Huda; former Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Akhter Hossain Bhuiyan, now director general of Non-Formal Education Bureau; former Rajuk member (development) Mahbubul Alam, now joint secretary of the Food Ministry; and former Rajuk member (planning) Anwarul Islam Shikder.
During the questioning, the secretary had denied his involvement in the alleged irregularities saying that he had never taken any such advantage and the allegations were incorrect.
