ACC sues former AL lawmaker AKMA Awal

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed three separate cases against former Awami League lawmaker of Pirojpur, AKMA Awal, for misappropriating khas (government) land.

His wife Laila Parvin was also made accused in one of the cases over the same allegations, said ACC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

ACC Deputy Director Ali Akbar filed the case with the Commission’s integrated district office in Barishal.

Awal was MP from Pirojpur-1 between 2014 and 2018.

On December 23, the three-member commission approved the cases. On the following day, ACC requested Special Branch of Police to take steps to prevent Awal and his wife from leaving the country.

According to one case statement, the former lawmaker took lease of a khas land using fake documents and built a three-storied building on it. The building was later rented out to Pirojpur Rural Electricity Cooperative at the rate of Tk 17,250 per month since October 1, 2017 for about three years.

His wife Laila is made accused in the case.

In the second case, Awal is accused of illegally grabbing a government land near Swarupkathi upazila bungalow and building another modern bungalow there. He also constructed Awal Foundation and Library on it.

According to the statement of the third case,  Awal grabbed a 44 decimal pond known as “Rajar Pukur” in Pirojpur town and erected a boundary wall to keep it in his possession.