ACC requests EC for action against Mymensingh MP

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has requested the Election Commission (EC) to take necessary legal action against the lawmaker of Mymensingh-5 for concealing information of wealth worth Tk 54.56 lakh in his affidavit.

Signed by ACC's Secretary Dr Md Shamsul Arefin, the letter was sent yesterday to the EC secretary, ACC sources said.

The Daily Star obtained a copy of the letter. According to the letter, while investigating an allegation against Mymensingh-5 lawmaker Salah Uddin Ahmed Mukti over amassing wealth illegally, the ACC found that the MP had submitted an affidavit to EC on December 2, 2013. In it, he had mentioned that he was possessing moveable and immovable properties worth Tk 4.5 lakh.

However, five months prior to that, on June 30, 2013, Salah Uddin submitted a wealth statement to tax office mentioning that he had possessed movable and immovable properties worth Tk 56.03 lakh.

In its enquiry, the ACC also found that Salah Uddin received wealth worth of Tk 3.03 lakh from his father, but did not mention it either on the EC's affidavit or his tax return file.

As a result, the commission views that the lawmaker did not follow ethics while submitting "untrue affidavit", and has requested the EC to take action against the MP as per the law, the letter added.

Meanwhile, the ACC yesterday issued separate notices to M Wahidul Haque -- chairman of AB Bank, and three others, asking them to appear before the ACC over an allegation of laundering money to Singapore. The three others are Former managing directors of the bank M Fazlur Rahman and Shamim Ahmed Chowhdury, and former head of Financial Institutions & Treasury Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal.

ACC's Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said Wahidul and Fazlur have been asked to appear before the ACC on December 13 while Shamim and Kamal on December 14.