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Siraj, Tariqul, Mamun to be charged with graft

ACC okays charge sheets against them in Bhawal land lease scam

Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the charge sheet to be submitted soon against seven bigwigs, including former BNP ministers Shajahan Siraj and Tariqul Islam, in the case filed for abusing power in leasing 13 acres of forestland at Bhawal National Park in Gazipur.
ACC director general (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal said this to the journalists at its routine briefing in ACC headquarters.
He said seven persons will be made accuse in the case. They are BNP minister Shajahan Siraj and Tariqul Islam, former BNP state minister Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan and Zafrul Islam Chowdhury, Tarique Rahman's business partner and One Spinning Mills managing director
Giasuddin Al Mamun, managing director of Orion Mushroom Ltd Obaidul Karim and Shajahan Siraj’s son and One Spinning Mills director Rajib Siraj.
The ACC also has decided to exempt four others from the case as allegations brought against them could not be proved during its investigation.
They are former BNP minister Shamsul Islam, former land secretary Azad Ruhul Amin, former Gazipur DC and incumbent vice-chairman of Export Development Bureau Sahab Ullah, former Gazipur ADC (Revenue) and incumbent member (Finance) of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research M Rafiqul Islam.
However. Shamsul Islam. Shajahan Siraj, Mamun. Rajib Siraj, Sahab Ullah, Rafiqul Islam and Azad Ruhul Amin are
also accused in another case for illegally mtiking permanent allocation of 10.75 acres of forestland in the national park.
Another charge sheet was also approved for submission against former lawmaker AKM Fazlul Haque Milon for concealing information about wealth worth Tk 2.48 lakh and amassing wealth worth Tk 86.15 lakh beyond known sourcesofincome.
Meanwhile, ACC has also approved filing two cases against former lawmaker Mashiur Rahman Ranga and former BNP deputy minister Asadul Habib Dulu for amassing wealth beyond their known sourcesofincome.
Ranga will be accused of amassing wealth worth Tk 57.13 lakh while Asadul Habib Dulu of accumulating
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wealth worthTk 1.61 crore.
Besides, ACC has decided to issue notice against former BNP minister Nazmul Huda's wife Sigma Huda, Ranga's wife Nasrin and Dulu's wife Laila Habib urging them to submit their wealth statement to the anti-corruption watchdog.
Power abuse in leasing forestland in Bhawal National Park
According to the approved charge sheet of the power abuse case, the seven individuals misappropriated power collectively by providing false information in leasing the 13-acre forestland under Araisho Proshad Mouja in the national park.
Though it says any individual establishment, be it houses, factories, small industries, agriculture or fisheries, is • prohibited on the government forest land, the individuals through deception leased the land for long-term use and handed over it to individuals for personal benefit.
• Ignoring the prohibition, the bigwigs provided false information showing that the 13-acre land has been brought under section 27 (1) (2) for leasing the land illegally, it adds
The ACC filed the case with Gazipur police station on May 20 last year.