Banskhali Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the former chairman of Gandamara Union Parishad of Banskhali Upazila Mohammad Leayakat Ali (51) and his wife Jasmine Akhtar (38) on the charge of acquiring assets outside the known income of Tk 2 crore 85 lakh 13 thousand 662.
Sources said that the accused, Leykat Ali, is the former president of Chittagong South District Chhatra Dal and the former joint secretary (expelled) of Chittagong South District BNP.
On Tuesday (September 17) ACC Integrated District Office, Chittagong-1, the plaintiff filed the case against them, Assistant Director of Integrated District Office, Chittagong-2, Md. Abdul Malek.
According to the information of the statement, the ACC ordered the submission of her assets statement on December 10, 2023, as the allegations of obtaining assets outside of known income against former chairman Liaquat Ali’s wife Jasmine Akhtar were initially proved.
Later, following his application, he submitted the statement of assets to ACC on February 15 this year.
In the statement of assets submitted to the ACC, Jasmine Akhter declared that she has acquired immovable assets of Tk 2 crore, 39 lakh, and 75 thousand in her name.
But the ACC checked 16 documents and got the information of immovable assets worth Tk 2 crore, 65 lakh, and 55 thousand in his name. In this case, he has concealed the information of acquiring immovable assets of Tk. 25 lakh and 80 thousand.
During the investigation, the ACC found information about the acquisition of movable assets worth Tk 80 lakh 45 thousand in his name. In other words, Jasmine Akhtar has hidden the information of assets totaling 1 crore 6 lakh 26 thousand rupees.
ACC did not find any information about his debts after verifying the assets statement. However, during the verification, the ACC found the information of the acquisition of immovable and immovable assets of 3 crore, 92 lakh, 51 thousand rupees in his name, along with family expenses. Against this wealth, his legitimate source of income is found to be 1 crore, 7 lakh, 37 thousand taka. In other words, the organization has received the information of 2 crore, 85 lakh, and 13 thousand rupees inconsistent with his income.
The affidavit further states that he has committed a custodial offense under Sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 by concealing the information about the acquisition of this wealth inconsistent with the income and the wealth of Rs 1 crore, 6 lakh, and 26 thousand. Another accused, Liaqat Ali, has committed an offense under Section 109 of the Penal Code for helping his wife Jasmine Akhtar to acquire wealth with money earned through dishonest means while he was the chairman of Gandamara Union Parishad of Banshkhali.
