Tabith Awal
The national anti-graft agency on Tuesday grilled BNP leader and businessman Tabith Awal over alleged unusual money transaction in his bank accounts, money laundering and illegal wealth accumulation.
Mr Awal, an executive committee member of BNP, arrived at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) headquarters in the city's Segunbagicha around 9:45am to face the interrogation, according to ACC public relations department.
ACC deputy director Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan interrogated Mr Awal, son of BNP vice-chairmen Abdul Awal Mintoo, from 10:00am to 2:30pm.
After coming out of the ACC, Mr Awal told the journalists that whatever was happening in the country at present had political influence behind.
However, as regards the charges against him, he said, "Investigation is going on; so, it won't be right to comment in the middle of it."
He also expressed the belief that the real truth would come out through fair investigation.
Earlier on April 24, ACC summoned Mr Awal via a letter to appear at the commission's headquarters to talk about the charges against him about money laundering and illegal wealth.
According to ACC officials, there is another charge against Mr Awal along with nine other persons, including top BNP leaders, for 'suspicious' bank transactions of Tk 1.25 billion within 30 days.
The commission launched an investigation in this connection on April 2 against BNP national standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Nazrul Islam Khan, vice-chairmen Abdul Awal Mintoo and M Morshed Khan, joint secretary general Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel and executive committee member Tabith Awal.
The ACC is also investigating Morshed Khan's son Faisal Morshed Khan and Dhaka Bank managing director Syed Mahbubur Rahman on the same allegation.
The commission also issued separate letters to seven commercial banks seeking all transaction history of the accused persons.
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