The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated four Rajuk officials as part of investigation into the three cases recently filed against former secretary of Housing and Public Works Ministry Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain for allegedly taking government plots abusing power.
ACC investigation officer and deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy quizzed them from 10 am to 4 pm at the ACC head office, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told journalists.Those interrogated today were Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha) directors Mohammad Musa and Syed Nazrul Islam, deputy director Iqbal Ahsan and assistant director Abu Musa.
Rajuk member Abdul Mannan was scheduled to be grilled today, but he did not appear at the ACC.
On April 22 last, Jatan Kumar Roy filed the three cases against Dr Showkat with Motijheel Police Station in the capital.
According to ACC sources, Dr Showkat Hossain, now Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary, has taken three plots against the names of his family members abusing his power when he was the Housing and Public Works Ministry secretary.
As per Rajuk rules, the husband and wife cannot be owners of its separate plots, but Showkat has taken three plots from government quota in his name and that of his wife, Dr Ayesha Begum, and mother. – UNB
