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Vol. 5 Num 1125 Mon. July 30, 2007  
   
National


Recovery of CI sheets meant for relief
ACC probing case against Pabna Jamaat leaders


The Anti Corruption Commission has began investigation of case field against Moulana Abdus Shubhan and other Jamaat leaders for their alleged misappropriation of government relief materials, an official of ACC, Pabna said yesterday.

Pabna police yesterday sent the case documents to ACC, Pabna office yesterday.

Prime accused former Jamaat lawmaker Moulana Shubhan earlier got bail from the High Court. Pabna police recovered a huge member of corrugated iron (CI) sheets, meant for government relief, from Al-Amana Hospital, an establishment of Shubhan in June.

The court sent the case to Anti Corruption Commission as Pabna police earlier suggested to hand over the case to ACC. Following the court order ACC Pabna office sought to investigate the case. The ACC head office in Dhaka asked the Pabna office to take over the sensational corruption case against the Jamaat leaders.

Being ordered, ACC Pabna office asked Pabna police to send all the case documents for investigation.

"We have already started investigation of the corruption case against former Jamaat MP Moulana Abdus Subhan and three other Jamaat leaders. We also asked Pabna police to send the case documents to ACC Pabna. And Pabna police have sent the case documents to ACC,” Assistant Director (AD) of ACC Pabna Md. Rashidur Reza told this correspondent yesterday.

Pabna police said they in their primary investigation have found truth in the allegation.

"We have already investigated the case at primary level and we are almost sure about the misappropriation of government relief materials. Following ACC notice we have sent the case documents to ACC Pabna office for investigation,” said Md. Iqbal Shafi, Officer in Charge of Pabna police station, yesterday.

Moulana Abdus Shubhan got bail from the High Court this month, said the investigation officer (IO) of the case, Sub Inspector Md Jahangir Pasha, yesterday.

Paban police seized 160 corrugated iron (CI) sheets meant for government relief from AL-Amana Hospital, established by former lawmaker of Pabna-5 and central Jamaat leader Moulana Abdus Shubhan in Pathertala area in Pabna town on June 20.

Police arrested the director of AL-Amana Hospital Md. Nurul Islam during the operation. Sub-inspector Md. Kamruzzaman later filed a case with Pabna police station accusing Moulana Abdus Shubhan who is also the president of Al-Amana Foundation, vice president of the foundation Alhaz Abul Kashem, secretary of foundation Moslem Uddin and the director of the hospital Nurul Islam.

Meanwhile, the Al-Amana Hospital is now shut as police sealed it after the operation, police said.