ACC files cases against GK Shamim, Khalid
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim and his mother for amassing Tk 297.08 crore wealth beyond the known source of income.
The commission filed another case against expelled Jubo League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan for amassing Tk 5.58 crore illegally.
On September 18, Rab arrested Khalid for operating a casino. Two days later, Shamim was arrested from his Niketon residence. They were later sent to jail in separate cases.
Yesterday, ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed the case against Shamim with its Dhaka office.
According to the case statement, Shamim amassed immovable property worth Tk 50 crore and movable property worth Tk 39.69 crore in 2018-19.
However, ACC did not find any legal source of the wealth.
ACC also did not find legal source of Tk 43.57 crore wealth of GKB & Company (Pvt) Ltd which is jointly own by Shamim and his mother.
The FIR reads that during the September 20 raid, Rab recovered Tk 1.81 crore cash, USD 9,000 and Fixed Deposit Receipts of Tk 165 crore from Shamim’s house.
Shamim amassed the recovered money beyond the known source of income, the FIR reads.
Shamim is known to be an influential contractor of the Public Works Department and other government organisations. His firm GKB & Company (Pvt) Ltd is handling 15 major construction projects of the government, involving around Tk 3,000 crore.
The projects include construction of the Rab Headquarters in Ashkona, the Revenue Building in Agargaon, the Artha Building and two 25-storey buildings at the secretariat, the National Institute of Traumatology Orthopedic and Rehabilitation, the Neuro Science Building, and the NGO Foundation in Agargaon.
According to FIR, Khalid showed his movable property worth Tk 1.66 crore. However, ACC believes the value of the property would be Tk 4.50 crore.
Besides, Khalid in his 2018-19 income tax file showed having immovable property worth Tk 1.32 crore. Of these, ACC did not find legal source of Tk 90.16 lakh.
The law enforcement agency recovered Tk 10.34 lakh and foreign currencies worth Tk 7.64 lakh.
“We believe more information of illegal wealth will surface during the investigation,” said Salahuddin, one of the plaintiffs.
Earlier, four cases were filed against Khalid, who used to run a casino in Fakirerpool Young Men’s Club, under the firearms, narcotics control and money laundering acts.