MK Alamgir, wife sued for hiding wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against convicted former state minister and Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir's wife Sitara Alamgir for concealing information and amassing wealth beyond her known sources of income.
ACC Assistant Director Rahila Khatun filed the case against Sitara with Ramna Police Station on Monday for concealing information about wealth worth over Tk 22.51 lakh and acquiring property worth over Tk 1.35 crore illegally.
The case has been filed under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and section 15(D)(5) of the Emergency Power Rules, 2007.
In the FIR (first information report), the complainant mentioned that during the inquiry into the corruption allegations against her husband Mohiuddin, the inquiry officer came to know that Sitara possesses huge assets earned illegally.
Based on this information, the ACC served notice on her on June 27, 2007 directing to submit her wealth statement. Accordingly, Sitara submitted the wealth report to the ACC secretary on July 16 through her representative stating that she has moveable and immovable property worth about Tk 2.37 crore.
Meanwhile, according to ACC sources, the commission yesterday approved the filing of graft cases against former BNP state minister from Gazipur Prof MA Mannan and Munshiganj Awami League President Mohiuddin.
The cases will be filed soon, the sources said.