The Anti-Corruption Commission has found Dhaka lawmaker Aslamul Haque innocent while investigating into the phenomenal growth of his wealth.
The ACC initiated the inquiry against Aslam in January following media reports that highlighted large discrepancies between the information he had provided for the 2008 election.
The lawmaker told reporters in March that the affidavit he had submitted to the ACC prior to this year's poll had an error.
“My income tax adviser mistakenly wrote that I owned 145 acres of land, which is actually 1.45 acres,” he said.
According to the affidavit placed before the Election Commission, Aslam had just over six acres of land five years ago, which turned into 145 acres of land.
ACC Deputy Director KM Mejbah Uddin and the investigation officer, submitted the probe report to the ACC, recommending the graft buster to exempt Aslam from the allegation of amassing illegal wealth as no such evidence was found, an ACC official confirmed the Dhaka Tribune.
Aslam is likely to be cleared of all allegations soon after the report is approved by the commission.
