From: sahannan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sahannan@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Shah Abdul hannab
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Subject: [Shah Abdul Hannan] Surajit Issue requires deeper investigation--editorial
Surajit Issue requires deeper investigation
According to daily Star report,Omar Faruq Talukder, the sacked APS of ex-railway minister Suranjit Sengupta, has given contradictory statements over the money found in his microbus at the Pilkhana BGB headquarters in
In a written statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, he claimed that of Tk 70 lakh found in his microbus, he had earned Tk 45 lakh from legal practice and received the rest from his expatriate brother-in-law .However, on April 10, Faruq told news agency UNB that the BGB men seized Tk 25 lakh to 30 lakh from the microbus and he owned that money.
The ACC team probing the Tk 70 lakh scandal rejected Faruq's claim about the source of the money and asked him to appear before it in 10 days with evidence for the claim.
After the seizure of the money, a three-member ACC team launched a probe to find out the source of the money as well as the wealth of Faruq and two suspended top Bangladesh Railway officials.
ACC Director General (Special) Md Khondaker Muhammad Aminur Rahman is monitoring the investigation.
Border Guard Bangladesh personnel detained Faruq, his driver Ali Azam Khan, Bangladesh Railway General Manager (East) Yusuf Ali Mridha, and its Dhaka Division Security Commandant Enamul Haque with Tk 70 lakh after the driver drove the APS' microbus into the BGB headquarters on April 9 night.
Suranjit sacked his APS and suspended the two railway officials before quitting as railway minister on April 15 over the scandal.On Wednesday, Faruq, Mridha and Enamul appeared before the ACC investigators and gave statements separately.
On condition of anonymity, two ACC officials told The Daily Star that Faruq claimed that the seized Tk 70 lakh belonged to him, while Mridha and Enamul said they didn't have any knowledge of the money.
"But all three told us that they were going to Suranjit Sengupta's Jhigatola residence," said one of the ACC officials.The ACC investigators said they would serve notice on the three on Sunday for submitting their wealth statements.
They had already sent letters to the National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Bank to provide information about the wealth and all monetary transactions made by the three, the investigators said.
"We will also ask the BGB officials concerned to explain actually what happened on April 9 night and tell us whatever they know,” said another ACC official.The investigators expressed frustration over the mysterious disappearance of the microbus driver, Ali Azam. He has been missing since the incident.
"We have doubts whether the driver would appear before us. We are yet to have any trace of him. We decided to send a letter to his village address," said one of the investigators.
Another ACC committee is probing the source of Tk 5 crore of Suranjit's son Soumen Sengupta with which he recently obtained an Interconnection Exchange (ICEx) licence from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).The ACC sent letters to the BTRC and the telecommunications ministry asking for the facts about Soumen's obtaining the ICEx licence.The ACC is also looking into the income sources of Soumen, his wealth and that of his family members.
We feel this investigation requires more depth.Why they are not investigatring the wealth and bank transactions of Suranjit Sengupta? This should be done immediately.
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