Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against Jatiya Party presidium member Kazi Firoz Rashid, MP for allegedly grabbing a government land, the UNB news agency has reported.
ACC deputy director Zulfikar Ali filed the case against him with Tejgaon Police Station in the capital, Commission’s public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said.According to the first information report (FIR), a government house on a one-bigha land in Dhanmondi residential area was allocated to then High Commissioner to Canada Mohammad Ali on November 3, 1951.
Later, in 1970, the authorities concerned gave approval to hand over the land to inheritors of Mohammad Ali — his second wife, son and daughter– and mutation of the land was made to their names. On May 22, 1970, the ministry concerned also gave approval to hand over the land to them.
But, Firoz Rashid grabbed the land (Road No 2, House No-65) preparing fake documents in August 1979, the FIR said.
In August 2015, the ACC initiated a probe against Kazi Firoz Rashid for allegedly grabbing land in the capital. The national anti-graft body interrogated him on August 13, 2015.
