JP lawmaker Firoz Rashid charged in land grabbing case
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against Dhaka-6 constituency lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a presidium member of Jatiya Party, on the charge of grabbing a government land.
Md Jahangir Alam, an ACC deputy director and also the case's investigation officer, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka, showing 15 people as prosecution witnesses.
In the charge sheet, the IO said the charges brought against the accused were primarily proved and he should be brought under trial.
Zulfikar Ali, a former deputy director of ACC, filed the case against Firoz Rashid with Tejgaon Shilpanchal Police Station on April 5, 2016.
According to the first information report (FIR), a government house on a one-bigha of land in Dhanmondi residential area was allocated to then Canadian High Commissioner Mohammad Ali on November 3, 1951.
Later in 1970, the authorities concerned gave approval to hand over the land to inheritors of Ali -- his second wife, son and daughter -- and mutation of the land was made to their names. On May 22, 1970, the ministry concerned also gave approval to hand over the land to them.
But, according to the FIR, Kazi Firoz grabbed the land (Road No 2, House No-65) in August 1979 preparing fake documents.
In August 2015, the ACC initiated a probe against Kazi Firoz and interrogated him on August 13, 2015.
Following the case, Firoz Rashid secured bail from the High Court.
He is still now on bail.
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