ACC reprobing Falu's 'illegal wealth'

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday started investigating again an allegation of illegally amassing wealth since 2007 by BNP leader Mosaddak Ali Falu.

An ACC high-up confirmed this, seeking anonymity.

ACC appointed its deputy director Jahangir Alam to investigate the allegation.

On July 8, 2007, ACC filed a graft case against Falu with Motijheel police on charges of illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 14.95 crore and concealing information about his property worth Tk 4.57 crore till 2007.

The case is now pending with a court.

On August 27 last year, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division scrapped a High Court verdict that had quashed the trial proceedings of the case in 2012.

Following a petition filed by Falu, the HC on January 19, 2012, quashed the trial proceedings of the case.

The court also declared that the notice issued by the anti-graft body asking Falu to submit his wealth statement was illegal as it was sent to him when he was in jail in 2007.