The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the former chairman of Gandamara Union of Banshkhali Liaquat Ali and his wife Jasmine Akhtar on the charge of acquiring illegal wealth. Assistant Director of ACC Integrated District Office, Chittagong-2 today Tuesday. Abdul Malek filed the case as the plaintiff. In the case, the accused has been accused of concealing information about the acquisition of assets and acquiring illegal assets in the name of the wife with the money earned through dishonest means while the chairman was on duty. Out of this, it has been alleged that 1 crore 6 lakh 26 thousand TK of acquisition of wealth was hidden and 2 crore 85 lakh 13 thousand TK of acquisition of inconsistent wealth.

Liaquat Ali was the former joint convener of Chittagong South District BNP. He was widely criticized for the coal-based power plant in S Alam.

Assistant Director of ACC Integrated District Office, Chittagong-2. Abdul Malek said, the case has been filed under Section 26(2) and 27(1) of the ACC Act 2004 along with Section 109 of the Penal Code.

According to the statement of the case, in the asset declaration filed by Liaquat Ali, he concealed the information of acquisition of assets of TK Possession committed a punishable offense under Sections 26 (2) and 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. Besides, Mohammad Leaquat Ali has committed an offense punishable under Section 109 of the Penal Code by helping his wife, accused Jasmine Akhtar, to acquire wealth in the name of his wife, the accused, with money earned by dishonest means during his tenure as chairman.

He declared the information of acquisition of immovable assets of Tk 2,39,75,000/- in the asset statement filed. During the verification of the asset statement submitted, the information of acquisition of immovable assets of Tk 2,65,55,879/- based on 16 documents in his name.
is available In this case, he gave false and baseless information by concealing the information about the acquisition of immovable assets worth TK That is, he has committed an offense punishable under section 26 (2) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 by concealing the information on the acquisition of immovable assets worth TK. Besides, he did not declare the acquisition of any immovable assets in the statement of assets filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission. During verification/search of asset statement filed by him, (1) a private car with registration number Dhaka Metro G-11-0362 worth Tk-11,80,000/- in his name, (2) from Bangladesh Bank Chittagong on 29.06.2020 Registration No.-20200304259 Purchase of profit-based savings – Tk. 5,00,000/-, (3) Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Banshkhali Branch, Chittagong Account No.-3208-0311070029 received as per bank statement – Tk. 1,39,946/- , (4) Account No. 023612200001556 of First Security Islami Bank Plc, Pachanlaish Branch, Chittagong received as per bank statement- Tk 1,04,615/-, (5) Account of First Security Islami Bank Plc, Pachanlaish Branch, Chittagong Received as per bank statement No.-02361180000003- 37,293/- Taka, (6) First Security Islami Bank PLC, Banshkhali Branch, Chittagong received as per bank statement No.-018714100000258- 51,83,088/- Taka , (7) First Security Islami Bank Plc, Banshkhali Branch, Chittagong account No.- 018712200009003 received as per bank statement- 441/- and (8) Business investment, as per income tax return of 2023-24 tax year- 9.00, Total including TK 80,45,383/- Information on acquisition of movable assets of TK That is, he concealed the information of acquisition of immovable assets of TK. That is, in the statement of assets submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission, the total including immovable assets of TK 25,80,879/- and immovable assets of TK 80,45,383/- (25, 80, 879 + 80, 45, 383) = 1,06,26,262 /- has committed an offense punishable under section 26 (2) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 for concealing the information to acquire wealth and providing false and baseless information.

On the other hand, the review shows that Jasmine Akhtar has (1) income from business Tk 66,79,333/- (2) income from agriculture Tk 33,97,197/-, (3) bank interest Tk 6,44,331/- and ( 4) Total income in his name including TK 16,739/- from other sources (66,79, 333+33,97, 197+6, 44, 331+16, 739) = TK 1,07,37,600/- . On review of the collected records, his said income has been considered as admissible. At the same time he has shown in his income tax documents that he has spent a total of TK 46,50,000/- on family and other expenses. On review of the records collected during the verification/inquiry, his said expenses have been considered as admissible. He did not provide any information in the filed column of the assets statement filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission. Besides, during the verification/search of the asset statement submitted, no record regarding liability/debt has been submitted or presented. Therefore, it appears that there is no liability in his name.

On perusal of the records collected during verification/search, the information of acquisition of immovable and immovable assets of TK 3,46,01,262/- is found in the name of accused Jasmine Akhtar. At the same time he incurred other expenses including family expenses of TK 46,50,000/-. Amount of his total acquired wealth including expenses (3,46,01,262+46,50,000) = 3,92,51,262/