ACC to file cases against Harris, Mamun, Hazari, Shamim Osman
Staff Correspondent
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) will soon file cases against Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, controversial businessman Giasuddin Al-Mamun, and former Awami League lawmakers Joynal Hazari and Shamim Osman for not submitting their wealth statements within the commission stipulated timeframe in February.The anti-graft body at a meeting on Thursday gave approval for filing the cases, sources said. Meanwhile, the commission filed a graft case yesterday against former administrative officer of the Prime Minister's Office, SM Ahsan Habib, who is currently the assistant director of the Board of Investment (BoI), on charges of taking bribe of Tk 93.5 lakh. ACC's Assistant Director Samsul Alam filed the case against Habib with Tejgaon police station mentioning that the accused had taken Tk 93.5 lakh in bribe from Chowdhury Afzal Hosain, owner of Munni Traders, on different dates between April 06, 2002 and June 30, 2003. According to the complainant Habib took the bribe from Afzal for releasing confiscated Benson Hedges and 555 cigarettes and for securing a government order for re-export of the items, abusing his power. Habib took Tk 25 lakh on September 11, 2002 through a pay order from the principal branch of Social Investment Bank Ltd. He received another Tk 25 lakh pay order on September 21, 2002 from Afzal. Both the cheques were deposited in Habib's account with the PMO branch of Sonali Bank on September 14, 2004 and September 23, 2004 respectively. The former PMO official withdrew Tk 35 lakh on December 11, 2002, Tk 4 lakh on April 30, 2003, Tk 2.5 lakh on May 30, 2003, and Tk 2 lakh on June 30, 2003 from the account through bank cheques.
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