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Banani Plot Scam

Rajuk passes the buck on ACC

Tawfique Ali
Being mysteriously silent for years, Rajuk only a couple of months ago passed the issue of controversial allotment of 55 housing plots in Banani to influential BNP people to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Although the Raj dhan i Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) holds the legal authority to cancel allotment of a plot obtained through false declaration, it referred relevant documents to ACC in the first week of April to investigate alleged anomalies following a parliamentary committee query in February.
In March 2005, Rajuk floated an open invitation but considered only the powerful ministers, state ministers and lawmakers and politically-loyal businessmen and intellectuals to allot each a five-katha plot at the 20-bigha housing scheme.
It even earth-filled a portion of a nearby lake to create at least seven lakeside plots for “important” persons of the then BNP-Jamaat alliance government. The action raised allegation of politicisation in the allotment process and the demand for cancellation of so-called Banani BNP FROM PAGE 20
Palli close to NAM flats.
As per rules, people having land or apartments in the capital would not be eligible to apply for plots. But a number of applicants who were allotted plots in the housing project allegedly possess property in the capital.
Nevertheless, Rajuk went on with the allotment process and made hasty attempts to handover the plots at the fag end of the coalition government tenure.
Although the subsequent caretaker government sus-
pended the registration process a year later, Rajuk went ahead with the plot handover with registered deed and approved constructions on the plots.
In July 2010, Rajuk sent the National Board of Revenue (NBR) the allotment documents for scrutiny of the Halafnama (undertaking) on wealth declaration, as it has no mechanism to verify those.
While the NBR has not yet provided any feedback on the authenticity of the wealth declarations, Rajuk did not remind the NBR either, except for once in
March.
Md Nurul Huda, chairman of Rajuk, said they could not pursue the issue with the NBR owing to scanty manpower against "huge workload”.
"No issue is followed up accordingly in such situations unless and until I myself as the head of the institution pursue one,” he said.
Mentionable, Rajuk is eager to undertake any massive development project any time but blames the lack of manpower each time it fails to deliver its regulatory role. Asked why Rajuk sent the documents to NBR only two years ago and had been silent since 2007, Nurul Huda said perhaps the then officials could explain that.
Responding to a query that why Rajuk take halafnama when it cannot check it, he said it was only a safeguard and they only refer those to NBR against which questions were raised.
He said they referred the controversial plot documents to ACC as an “additional measure”.
Asked how they can annul an anomalous plot allot-
ment when most of the plots by now have been developed with multi-storied residential buildings, Huda said, “It all depends on top-level government decision.”
Meanwhile, NBR Chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed could not instantly say whether or why they had not provided Rajuk with their findings on the wealth statement of the said plot owners in two years.
"You better write a letter to us and we will look into the matter,” he said.
Md Aminur Rahman, director general (special enquiry) of ACC, said they would file case against anyone found to have obtained Rajuk plots with false declaration.
Following are the former ministers, state ministers and lawmakers who got plot allotment:
Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Hafiz Uddin, Tariqul Islam, Abdullah Al Noman, A Matin Chowdhury, Fazlur Rahman Fatal, Lutfuzzaman Babar, S Alamgir Kabir, Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad, M Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar, Asadu 1 Habib Dulu, Barkatullah Bulu, Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, ANM Ehsanul Haq Milon, Selima Rahman, Rezaul Karim.
Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui, Mojibur Rahman Sarwar, Habibul Islam Habib, Md Alauddin, M Naser Rahman, Major (retd) Sayeed Eskander, Shahidul Islam, Moshiur Rahman, Shahidul Alam Talukder, Shajahan Chowdhury, Moji bor Rahman Monzu, Md Hafiz Ibrahim, Nazim Uddin Alam, M Ilias Ali, Fazlul Haq Milon, Moazzem Hossain Alai, Abul Hossain Khan, Abdul Hai, Abul Khayer Bhuiyan, Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, Alamgir Haider Khan, Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, Salahuddin Ahmed, Kabir Hossain, Nadim Mostafa, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Shamsuddin Ahmed Eshak and Habibul Islam Habib.
Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed, son of former president lajuddin Uddin Ahmed, former adviser to foreign ministry Reaz Rahman, Masuda Akram, sister-in-law of former housing minister Mirza Abbas, former mayor of Rajshahi Mizanur Rahman Minu, businessmen Mofikul Hasan Tripty, Ahsan Habib, Hasan Reza, former DU vice-chancellor Prof Maniruzzaman Miah, Saleh Ahmmed got plots under other categories.
Former lawmakers Hafizuddin Ahmed of Jatiya Party and Hamida Banu Shova of Awami League also