Dhaka mayor, family sued for alleged corruption
Courtesy New Age 3/4/08
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The Anti-Corruption Commi-ssion on Wednesday lodged a case against the Dhaka mayor, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, his wife, son and daughter for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information in the wealth statements.
The mayor’s wife, Ismat Ara, daughter Sarika Sadeque and son Ishrak Hossain were accused of abetting him in the crime, according to the first information report filed with Ramna police by the commission’s assistant director Samsul Alam.
According to the first information report of the case, the mayor, who is also the city BNP president, is accused of acquiring wealth of Tk 17.57 crore beyond his known sources of income and concealing information on assets of Tk 9.96 crore of the total sum.
Khoka submitted his wealth statement to the commission on December 6, 2007 showing that he and his family owned assets of Tk 10.04 crore, including 11 houses and flats, eight land plots, landed property and Tk 5.5 crore in cash, according to the first information report.
Khoka claimed that he owned asset of Tk 3.33 crore, his wife Tk 5.28 crore, daughter 51.42 lakh and son 91.62 lakh, said the report. ‘The commission finds that the three individually own legitimate assets of Tk 2.04 crore, Tk 34,48,000, Tk 3,68,600 and Tk 2,26,300.’
Khoka submitted false information on his wealth of Tk 1.96 crore by not counting the construction costs of his houses at Gopibagh, Gulshan and on the
His wife submitted false wealth statement of Tk 66.45 lakh by not counting the construction costs of her shop on the
His daughter submitted the wealth statement of Tk 16.46 lakh by not counting the construction costs of her flat at Tikatuli, and the value of the landed property at Badda. His son submitted the wealth statement of Tk 15.87 lakh.
The commission also found that Khoka’s wife had concealed information on the purchase costs of Tk 3.24 crore, daughter of Tk 1.43 crore, and son of Tk 2.93 crore of the property at the Bashundhara Project in Badda.
Khoka, one of the 35 corruption suspects named on the fourth list published by the commission on October 4, 2007, was service with notice on November 18 to submit the wealth statements.
The commission’s task forces earlier interrogated the mayor, his wife and daughter at the their house in Old Town of Dhaka, but the forces could not interrogate his son as he was in London, said the sources in the commission.
Khoka at a news briefing held earlier accused the commission of distorting the information on his wealth.
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