[ALOCHONA] AL: Jalil charged with ill gotten wealth

Jalil charged with ill-gotten wealth

Courtesy Daily Star 28/5/08

 

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 36 lakh illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement.

ACC Deputy Assistant Director Enamul Haque Chowdhury, the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

Jalil is currently in Singapore on parole for medical treatment.

The AL general secretary was arrested on May 28 last year and remained in custody for over eight months without any specific charges. Finally on January 1 this year, he was shown arrested in this case filed on December 18 last year with Ramna Police Station.

Jalil had been ill since his detention. He was first taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital on June 4 last year after complaining of chest pain.

Later, he was shifted to LabAid Cardiac Hospital for treatment of kidney complications. Five medical boards were constituted to monitor his health since his arrest.

In a letter signed on July 2 last year, Jalil pleaded with the government for his release on humanitarian grounds, and said if necessary, he would quit politics.

Considering his illness, the caretaker government set him free on parole on March 3 this year and Jalil flew off to Singapore the same night.

The former minister submitted his wealth statement of properties worth about Tk 63 lakh to the ACC on August 18, 2007 through the jail authorities.

The first information report (FIR) of the case said Jalil in his wealth statement concealed information about Tk 21.25 lakh he had spent building a house at Chakdeb in Naogaon and another Tk 33 lakh for constructing a hotel and a market in the same area.

The ACC investigation, however, found that Jalil had amassed wealth worth Tk 36 lakh illegally and concealed information about wealth worth Tk 3 lakh in the statement.

In the charge sheet, the IO mentioned that the charges brought against the accused were primarily proved and he should be brought to trial.

Forty-three people were shown as prosecution witnesses in the case.

The case will be transferred to the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court, Dhaka for taking cognisance for trial. Later, the case will be moved to a special court for full trial.

The AL leader also withheld information about his wife's gold ornaments worth Tk 3 lakh and Tk 7.2 lakh spent for purchasing two cars, the FIR added.

According to the FIR, the former minister's illegally accumulated properties include a three-storey building on eight decimals of land in Naogaon worth Tk 41 lakh and 61 decimals of land worth Tk 40,000 in Bhimpur of Mohadevpur.

 

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