ACC to sue ex-BNP MPs Milon, Khair

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The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) decided to sue former BNP lawmakers Fazlul Haque Milon and Abul Khair Bhuiyan on charges of amassing illegal wealth and concealment of information, as the anti-graft drive goes on in the interim period despite a slowdown, reports UNB.
Also, the Commission will file a case against former state minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Redwan Ahmed's son Sultan Moyeen Ahmed Robin.
ACC director general (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Thursday that the anti-graft watchdog has approved the filing of the three separate cases.
He also said the Commission has approved the submission of charge sheet in the cases against former minister and BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, ex-state minister Ziaul Haque Zia and Comilla Pourasava chairman Monirul Haque Sakku.
Milon, a former JCD president, will be sued for acquiring unearned wealth worth Tk 8.61 million (86.15 lakh) and hiding information of assets worth Tk 24.8 million (2.48 lakh).
The Commission will lodge first-information report against Khair for amassing ill-gotten wealth worth Tk 28.9 million (2.89 crore) and hiding information of wealth worth Tk 2.86 million (28.64 lakh).
Ex-state minister Redwan's son Robin will be sued for acquiring illegal wealth worth 26.3 million (2.63 crore) beyond known sources of income.
Former state minister for LGRD Ziaul Haque Zia, along with three others, will be charge-sheeted for misappropriation of 320 tonnes of wheat worth about Tk 5.02 million (50.29 lakh).
Abul Hasem, former UNO of Ramganj, Laxmipur, former Ramganj PIO Paritosh Baroi and businessman Delwar Hossain are the three others to be charge-sheeted in the case.
The ACC will press charge against Comilla Pourasava chairman Sakku for illegally acquiring wealth worth Tk 12.2 million (1.22 crore) and concealment of information of assets worth Tk 4.03 million (40.34 lakh).
Meanwhile, the charge sheet in the case against Mosharraf has already been submitted. He was charge-sheeted Wednesday for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 91 million (9.1 crore), hiding information of wealth worth Tk 40.3 million (4.03 crore) and providing "false information" about assets worth Tk 23.5 million (2.35 crore).
Col Hanif informed that the Commission has approved the issuance of notices to Abul Khair Bhuiyan's wife, Rowshan Ara Begum, and Sakku's wife, Afroza Jasmine, directing them to submit their wealth statements under the ongoing purge launched after the January 11, 2007 changeover.