'Ill' Mannan skips ACC grilling
Former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan yesterday did not show up before the Anti-Corruption Commission to face grilling over the allegation of amassing wealth illegally.
"Mannan Khan has informed the commission that he feels ill today and will appear any day later he will be asked to," ACC Commissioner Mohammad Shahabuddin told reporters at his office yesterday.
The commission was mulling over summoning him by the next week, he added.
Mannan Khan's property value rose to over Tk 5.25 crore from Tk 5.39 lakh,according to his wealth statements submitted to the Election Commission before the 2008 and the immediate past January 5 elections.
In the statements, he, however, did not mention the value of his ancestral property.
Mannan's statements also indicate that his annual income has soared over the years. Five years back, his yearly income was over Tk 1.85 lakh, which increased to over Tk 1.51 crore last year.
Meanwhile, a top ACC official said ACC Deputy Director Ahsan Ali, who is probing the allegation of illegally amassing wealth by ruling party lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi, had submitted his report to the commission yesterday stating that there were discrepancies in Bodi's wealth statements.
Ahsan had sought the commission's permission to serve notice on Bodi and to ask him (Bodi) to submit wealth statement in an ACC prescribed form, the officer added.
On February 16, the commission grilled Bodi over the allegation that he amassed wealth illegally.
His property value rose to Tk 2.88 crore from Tk 47.78 lakh in the last five years, according to his wealth statements submitted to the EC before the 2008 and the January 5 elections.
Five years back his yearly income was only Tk 2 lakh, which increased to Tk 15 crore last year.
Following newspaper reports, the ACC on January 22 launched preliminary probes into corruption allegations against seven ministers and lawmakers of the 9th parliament including the duo.
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