Bodi to resign from JS if allegations prove true

FE Report | February 17, 2014 00:00:00

Abdur Rahman Bodi, MP from Cox\'s Bazar-4, coming out of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) head office in the city Sunday after interrogation he faced as part of a probe into accumulation of illegal wealth. — Focus Bangla Photo

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Abdur Rahman Bodi, a ruling party MP from Cox's Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf), Sunday and sent notice to former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan on allegedly amassing of illegal wealth.

The anti-graft body deputy director grilled Bodi from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm at the ACC head office in the city, officials of the commission told the journalists.

After facing interrogation, Mr Bodi said he is not involved with any kind of illegal activities and he will resign from the Parliament if any of the allegation brought against him is proven.

"I am not connected with the drug business including 'Yaba' and did not provide any fake information in the affidavit, which was submitted in the Election Commission (EC)," he added.

Mr Bodi said the sources of his income in the last five years were from legal means.

Earlier, the ACC started investigation into the alleged illegal wealth of seven ministers and members of parliament (MPs). They were the former Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque, State Minister for Housing and Public Works Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan, and State Minister for Water Resources Mahbubur Rahman, lawmaker of Cox's Bazar-4 Abdur Rahman Bodi, MP of Rajshahi-4 Engineer Enamul Haq, Aslamul Haque of Dhaka-14 and Abdul Zabbar of Satkhira.

Besides, the ACC has summoned former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan for interrogation on sudden rise in their wealth in last five years. The summon notice was sent Sunday to former state minister asking him to be present before the ACC headquarters on February 20, the anti-graft body officials said.

On January 22, the ACC assigned its deputy director M Nasir Uddin to investigate into the allegations of illegally acquired wealth and properties by Mr Khan.

Media reports on vast discrepancies between wealth statements of the ministers and MPs that they submitted to the EC ahead of the 10th parliamentary elections and the statements they had provided prior to the 9th national polls in 2008 created furor among the people.