JS body suggests cancellation

A parliamentary sub-committee yesterday recommended cancelling allotment of 28 houses to MPs and ministers of the last BNP-Jamaat-led government and their relatives on charges of irregularities.
The committee also recommended taking action against those who were involved in the allotment process.
At a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on housing ministry, the sub-committee said these 28 houses were sold to BNP-Jamaat MPs and ministers and their relatives at prices much lower than the market prices at the time.
Citing an example, it said a house was sold to Shahrin Islam Tuhin, nephew of the then prime minister Khaleda Zia, at Tk 4.37 crore whereas the market price of that house was at least Tk 30 crore.
ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, chief of the standing committee, said the massive irregularities in allotting houses caused losses of crores of government money.