ACC presses charges against Mirza Khokon

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) councillor Mirza Khokon and his wife in a case for amassing wealth worth Tk 1.54 crore illegally and concealing wealth information from the commission.
Meantime, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrants against DCC councillor Monwar Hossain Dipjol and his wife, former National Board of Revenue (NBR) director Jahurul Haq and his wife in separate cases filed for amassing wealth illegally.
CASE AGAINST KHOKON
ACC Assistant Director SM Sahidur Rahman, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, showing 38 people as prosecution witnesses.
The IO appealed to the court for issuing arrest warrant against the DCC councillor and his wife Masuda Khokon and the order to attach their properties, as they have been absconding since the case was filed.
In the charge sheet, the IO mentioned that Khokon, younger brother of detained former housing and public works minister Mirza Abbas, amassed wealth worth Tk 15,470,318 illegally and concealed information about wealth worth Tk 2,939,420 from the commission.
The ACC filed the case with Motijheel Police Station against the couple on December 10 last year for accumulating wealth illegally and concealing wealth information from the commission.
According to the first information report (FIR), Mirza Khokon, concealed information about his property worth Tk 28.19 lakh in his wealth statement submitted to the commission on July 23 last year.
Earlier, Khokon was convicted for dodging income tax.
CASE AGAINST DIPJOL
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque issued the arrest warrants against Dipjol and his wife after scrutinising relevant documents.
ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Talebur Rahman, also the IO of the case, charged Dipjol and his wife Rumana Monwar with accumulating wealth worth Tk 51,594,667 illegally and concealing information about wealth worth Tk 30,272,582 from the commission.
The ACC filed the case with Mirpur (Model) Police Station on December 3 last year.
Dipjol was earlier sentenced to 42 years' imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition and dodging income tax while his wife Rumana was awarded 11 years' imprisonment for same offences.
Both Dipjol and Rumana are on the run.
CASE AGAINST FORMER NBR OFFICIAL
The same court issued arrest warrants against Jahurul Haq and his wife Afia Haq following a plea submitted by ACC Deputy Director Moniruzzaman Khan, also the IO of the case.
The IO charged the couple with accumulating wealth worth Tk 12,227,171 illegally, and concealing information about wealth worth Tk 9,391,763 from the commission.
The ACC filed the case with Ramna Police Station on January 9 this year accusing the two of amassing Tk 1.53 crore illegally and concealing information about wealth worth Tk 1.25 crore in the wealth statement.
Afia was accused in the case for abetting her husband.