ACC files 3 cases against secy Showkat
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday filed three cases against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for reportedly taking government plots abusing power.
ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy filed the cases against him with Motijheel Police Station in the capital.
According to ACC sources, Dr Showkat Hossain, now Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary, has reportedly taken three plots against the names of his family members abusing his power when he was the Housing and Public Works Ministry secretary, according to a news agency.
As per the rules of Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha), husband and wife cannot be owners of its separate plots, but Showkat has taken three plots from government quota in his name and that of his wife, Dr Ayesha Begum, and mother.