Graft charges pressed against Minu's friend

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against a Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) official and his wife for possessing illegal wealth worth Tk 24 lakh.
Monirul Haque, Rajshahi regional ACC deputy director and Khondoker Khalilur Rahman, ACC assistant director and also investigation officer (IO) jointly submitted the charge sheet to a metropolitan magistrate's court against RCC budget-cum-accounts officer Lutfar Rahman and his wife Nazma Rahman.
Monirul Haque told The Daily Star that Lutfar and his wife possessed wealth of about Tk 35 lakh. He legally earned Tk 11 lakh while his wife does not have any income source.
Joint forces arrested Lutfar, who had close links with RCC Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu, from his Baliapukur house on February 21.
They seized documents including nine deeds of landed properties and papers of seven bank accounts from his house.
Three bank accounts were found after his name at Rajshahi branches of Al Baraka, Uttara and Al Arafa Banks while three other accounts with Janata, IFIC, and Islami Bank were found after his wife's name.
Another account with Oriental Bank was found after their daughter's name.
The deeds of landed properties showed that Lutfar owns seven pieces of land in Rajshahi city and two in Natore.