ACC files three cases against ex-MP Rahim Ullah, ex-mayor Nizam and his wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed three separate cases against three people, including former Feni-3 lawmaker Haji Rahim Ullah and former Parshuram municipality mayor Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, on allegations of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income by abusing political influence and of concealing asset information.
Assistant Director Md Ahamad Farhad Hossain of the ACC's Integrated District Office in Noakhali filed the cases as plaintiff on Wednesday (November 11), according to ACC sources.
ACC sources said Haji Rahim Ullah served for 21 years as president of the Jeddah expatriate branch of the Awami League. He later served as a member of parliament from January 29, 2014 to December 30, 2018.
According to the allegations, while serving as a lawmaker Rahim Ullah used his political influence to engage in financial crimes. Through dishonest means he acquired and held movable and immovable assets worth Tk 3 crore 84 lakh 46 thousand 521 beyond his known income, in his own name and his wife's name — an offence under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. A case was filed against him at the ACC's Integrated District Office in Noakhali on this allegation.
In another case, former Parshuram municipality mayor Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, who served two terms as mayor, is accused of becoming involved in financial crimes by abusing political influence while in office.
The case states that Nizam Uddin concealed information about acquiring assets worth Tk 36 lakh 28 thousand 824 in the wealth statement he submitted to the ACC. It further alleges that he acquired and held assets worth Tk 6 crore 87 lakh 46 thousand 802 beyond his known income, committing punishable offences under Sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004.
The third case was filed against former mayor Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury and his wife, homemaker Lutfur Nahar Chowdhury. The ACC said Lutfur Nahar Chowdhury built a flat at a cost of Tk 55 lakh on 52.83 decimals of land in Agrabad, Chattogram.
According to the ACC, her husband Nizam Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury in fact assisted his wife in acquiring this wealth beyond known income. The case states that, in collusion with each other, they acquired and held illegal assets worth Tk 55 lakh, committing offences under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Section 109 of the Penal Code.
