The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to investigate the acquisition of illegal assets of former IGP Benazir Ahmed. ACC has formed a committee of three members for this purpose.
ACC Secretary Khorsheda Yasmin gave this information in a press briefing on Monday (April 22) afternoon.
The members of the committee are – ACC Deputy Director Hafizul Islam, Assistant Director Niamul Hasan Ghazi and Zainal Abedin.
Incidentally, on March 31, a news item titled ‘Aladdin’s lamp in Benazir’s house’ was published in Daily Kal Kanth. According to the report, the former inspector general has acquired huge wealth in the name of his wife Zeeshan Mirza and two daughters Farhin Rishta bint Benazir and Tahsin Raisa bint Benazir.
The report also says that Benazir Ahmed has expensive flats, houses and bigha after bigha of land near Dhaka in elite areas of Dhaka. Best Holdings and five-star hotel La Meridien have 200,000 shares in the name of the two daughters. In Purbachal, there is a duplex house spread over 40 kathas with an estimated value of at least Tk 45 crores. There is another 10 bighas of land worth 22 crores in the same area. However, in the last 34 years and 7 months of long service life, Benazir Ahmed’s salary and allowances are supposed to be 1 crore 84 lakh 89 thousand 200 taka.
Earlier, on Monday (April 22), a writ was filed in the High Court seeking an inquiry into the corruption of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed. ACC chairman, secretary and four people have been made defendants in the writ. Supreme Court lawyer Salahuddin Regan filed this writ in the relevant branch of the High Court.
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