ACC may look into allegations of purchase of 14 homes in the United States by Wasa MD: HC

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FE ONLINE REPORT | Posted: Jan 09, 2023 4:51:39 PM

The High Court has declared that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can look into allegations against the purchase of 14 houses by the chief executive of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa), Taqsem A Khan in the United States.

The HC bench of Judge Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Judge Khizir Hayat adopted the observation on Monday following a request filed by ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan regarding the matter.

Mr Khushid Alam Khan made the claim to the HC bench by submitting a newspaper article published in the Bangla daily Samakal on January 9 this year on the allegations.

The court said that the ACC could submit the status of the matter to this court within 15 days.

Khushid Alam Khan asked the HC bench to issue a Suo Muto (voluntary) rule on the matter. However, the HC bench said: ‘We see no need to issue a rule. According to the published report, two people filed complaints with the ACC. The ACC may review the allegations, as the allegations have been submitted to it.

At one point, ACC’s attorney said he would update the court on the status of the matter within 15 days. Then the court said, “You can inform the court if you think it necessary.”

According to the published report, “Neither one nor two, there are 14 houses! Not in the country, but far in the United States. Dhaka Wasa Managing Director (MD) Engineer Taqsem A Khan has purchased these homes in several cities across the United States. All the houses will cost thousands of taka crores in Bangladeshi currency. »

“It has been alleged that he became the owner of these houses by laundering money from the country. Several intelligence agencies, including Interpol, have begun researching the source of the money to purchase these homes and information about the transaction process. Taqsem’s name has also been included in the country’s intelligence list as a suspect in the case of buying houses with huge sums of money,” the report also read.

Two complaints regarding the purchase of 14 houses in the United States and the inclusion of Taqsem’s name in the list of international intelligence agencies as a money launderer were recently filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). , says the report.

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