ACC seeks wealth info from Falu, wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission today issued a notice to BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu and his wife Mahbuba Sultana asking to submit their wealth statement before it.

ACC in its enquiry found that Falu has amassed movable and immovable property worth Tk 177,36,02,489 between 2008-09 and 2015-16 fiscals.

“It seems that the wealth is incongruous to his (Falu) known sources of income,” said ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.

“That’s why, we’ve issued the notice to him,” he said.

Falu’s wife Mahbuba has also amassed Tk 5.14 crore at the same period which ACC believes incongruous.

“For the same reason, his (Falu) wife was included,” he added.

They will have to reply to the notice within seven working days, Bhattacharjee said.

This is for the second time that the anti-corruption watchdog is running such investigation against Falu since 2007.

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

Later, the High Court quashed the trial proceedings of the case on January 19, 2012 following a petition filed by Falu.

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 the accused when he was in jail in 2007.

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Around three years into the HC order, the Supreme Court on August 27, 2015 cleared the way for the lower court to run the trial proceedings against BNP leader Mosaddak Ali Falu in the corruption case.

The apex court passed the order after hearing an appeal filed by the ACC challenging the HC judgment.