Published on 05:00 PM, August 24, 2014

ACC sues Khoka, 7 others

ACC sues Khoka, 7 others

Sadeque Hossain Khoka
Sadeque Hossain Khoka

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today sued former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and seven officials of DCC for allocating shops through forgery.

ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Mahbubul Alam filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station.

In the first information report (FIR), Alam said during his tenure, Khoka, also a vice-chairman of BNP, built many shops occupying parking lots, open spaces at Dhaka Trade Centre in the city’s Gulishthan illegally.

Khoka and his associates later allocated the shops on a temporary basis violating DCC Act which does not allow temporary allocation, the FIR said.

The other accused are Mashiar Rahman, former chief estate officer of DCC, its officials Mahsin Uddin Moral, Sahabuddin Sabu, Kanango, Mohammad Ali, surveyors Mohammad Bachu Mia, Farroque Hossain and Motaleb Hossain.