Ex-rail minister Mujib, ex-MP Bahar under ACC scanner
Bahar's daughter and former Cumilla mayor Tahsin Bahar Suchona and the former personal secretary of the ex-LGRD minister Md Kamal Hossain are also under ACC scanner
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an inquiry against four individuals, including Mujibul Haque, former rail minister and Cumilla-11 member of parliament (MP), and AKM Bahauddin Bahar, former Cumilla-6 MP, over allegations of acquiring illegal wealth through tender rigging, recruitment scams, and various irregularities and corruption.
The other two under investigation are Bahar's daughter and former mayor of Cumilla City Corporation Tahsin Bahar Suchona and the former personal secretary to the ex-LGRD minister Md Kamal Hossain.
ACC's Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam disclosed the decision today (8 October) at the ACC head office in the capital.
"The four are accused of money laundering, abuse of power, and engaging in irregularities in projects resulting in the embezzlement of funds both domestically and abroad, leading to the accumulation of a vast amount of illegal wealth," he said.
He also said ACC's investigative unit has taken these allegations into account.
According to the allegations, former minister Mujibul Haque is accused of embezzling funds from various railway development projects through tender rigging, recruitment scams, and other irregular and corrupt practices, registering the illegally gained wealth in his and his family members' names.
The ACC inquiry began following a complaint filed by a lawyer named Md Zia Uddin alleging tender rigging, recruitment scams, and other irregularities and corruption.
On the other hand, AKM Bahauddin, his daughter Tahsin Bahar Suchona, and Md Kamal Hossain have been accused of abusing power, engaging in recruitment trading, tender rigging, and other irregularities and corrupt practices that led to the embezzlement of funds from various development projects.
Additionally, they are accused of money laundering and acquiring hundreds of crores of undisclosed wealth registered in their and their family members' names abroad.