Bashundhara, ex-DC caused Tk 200cr loss
Though the government has yet to sanction Bashundhara Housing project, its authorities have already filled up 80.29 acres of government khas land in Gulshan and handed plots to buyers, causing a loss of Tk 100 crore to the state.
In another graft incident, a former deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka illegally gave Red Crescent Society permanent settlement on government land in Kakrail. The society has constructed a 20-storey building there flouting a ministry order and without Rajuk approval causing a loss of another Tk 100 crore to the state.
A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) formed on September 15 this year as part of drive against institutional corruption found the irregularities in a preliminary enquiry and examining documents regarding the matters.
Meanwhile, ACC yesterday forwarded 15 clemency seekers to the Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac) for making voluntary disclosures following their applications. The ACC has so far sent 143 people to Tac.
ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal in a routine press briefing at ACC Headquarters yesterday said the government land was leased by abusing power and a multistorey building was constructed without Rajuk approval.
"The investigation is going on and the findings are result of a preliminary enquiry. The matter is being looked into and people involved with the process will be identified once the investigation is completed," said Col Hanif.
The enquiry also found involvement of former deputy commissioner Abdus Sattar of Dhaka in awarding illegal permission to Red Crescent in taking lease of government land and constructing a high-rise there in 2004.
BASHUNDHARA HOUSING
The investigation found that a file regarding exchange of 80.29 acres of government khas land in Gulshan with 85 acres of land bought by Bashundhara housing in Keraniganj is still under process.
Though the file has not been approved the Bashundhara housing has already filled the khas land, sold plots and handed over those plots to different individuals and institutions.
RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
Preliminary enquiry found that a former DC of Dhaka gave lease to 0.82 acres of land in Kakrail for 30 years in 1979.
Later in 2001, Red Crescent applied for permanent settlement to construct a multistorey building on the land, but the land ministry rejected the appeal in 2004.
Red Crescent then applied to the DC ignoring the ministry order.
The then DC Abdus Sattar permitted Red Crescent to construct an 18-storey building on the land. The DC gave the permission without informing the ministry by abusing power and illegal means, ACC enquiry found.
Red Crescent reached an imbalance deal with Borak Builders following the permission in a ratio of 25 percent and 75 percent respectively.
Following the deal Borak Builders constructed a 20-storey building on the land without Rajuk approval, the preliminary enquiry found.
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