The Crime Desk: Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, the influential person of the previous Awami League government, has built a mountain of illegal assets worth crores of rupees through corruption.
There is an allegation against him that he used to take sacks of money as a bribe in the recruitment trade in several departments, including police, drug control, and fire service. Thousands of crores of rupees have been smuggled out of the country.
Asaduzzaman Khan, his family, and members of the syndicate are accused of hoarding and laundering huge sums of money anonymously.
Several cases have already been filed against him on various charges, including murder, for his controversial role in the anti-discrimination student movement. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started investigating all kinds of information about his corruption. This decision was taken from the ACC head office on August 15, the Deputy Director (Public Relations) of the organization said. Aktarul Islam said.
Deputy Director of ACC to investigate the complaint. A search team has been formed under the leadership of Jahangir Alam. Apart from this, the police headquarters and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have also started an investigation into his corruption.
According to the investigators, the preliminary investigation reveals extensive information of corruption against former Home Minister Kamal. He was the ‘godfather of mafia.’ He controlled a large, corrupt syndicate. All the members of this syndicate, including him, have now given Gadaka. This information has been revealed in the report of the national daily Kal Kanth.
Information found in the preliminary investigation
In the preliminary investigation, the concerned persons have come to know that the former Home Minister formed a corruption syndicate through a former Home Secretary. Without the blessing of this syndicate, no policeman would have been appointed to any district or important post. There is also an allegation against him of taking one to three crore rupees in the case of his appointment as District Superintendent of Police.
Others in this circle are his former PS Additional Secretary Harun Or Rashid Biswas, Joint Secretary Dhananjay Kumar Das, Administrative Officer Molla Ibrahim Hossain, Assistant Private Secretary Monir Hossain, and Public Relations Officer Sharif Mahmud Apu.
The preliminary investigation of the ACC revealed that the former home minister used to control all bribery and corruption in the ministry. He has sent the corruption money out of the country at different times to avoid the risk. Apart from the hotel, he also owns land in Cox’s Bazar.
Allegations of corruption of hundreds of crores of rupees in the appointment of SI
Sources at the police headquarters say that during the Awami League government, there have been allegations of misappropriation of hundreds of crores of rupees by appointing police SIs and sergeants. A five-member syndicate led by former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal grabbed this huge amount. A confidential report has been submitted to the police headquarters in this regard.
In the preliminary investigation, the concerned persons have come to know that in this recruitment corruption, a list of preferences was prepared by taking a bribe of Tk 20 to 25 lakh from each candidate on behalf of the former Home Minister. And if he did not pay the bribe as required, he would have been made to fail.
Newly appointed IGP Moinul Islam said that the police are now being reorganized. The police have suffered a lot in the last 15 years.
ACC will examine the CPU of the former home minister’s office.
The ACC has obtained permission to test the CPU forensic lab of the computer used for official work in the office of former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to get information about corruption.
ACC counsel Mahmud Hossain Jahangir said that the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad Assamach Jaglul Hossain gave this order in view of ACC’s application.
In view of this, the CPU of the computer used by APS Monir Hossain was seized from room number 304 used by the Minister’s APS at the Secretariat Ministry of Home Affairs at around 2:35 PM on August 22.
Asaduzzaman Khan and his family’s evidence of Tk 320 crore corruption
ACC has found evidence of illegal wealth acquisition of hundreds of crores of rupees in the name of the former Home Minister and his family. The investigation team of the agency found evidence of more than 200 crores of money laundering-related offenses. In total, evidence of corruption of more than 300 crore rupees has been found so far. Asaduzzaman Kamal, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan, his son Shafi Modachher Khan, his daughter Sophia Tasnim Khan, and Assistant Private Secretary Monir Hossain are being prepared for the charges of corruption and irregularities.
It is reported that the ACC team has found evidence of at least 200 crores of money laundering against the five persons. For now, the case has been recommended for these reasons.
