Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday has approved of filing case against Laxmipur-2 MP Shahidul Islam alias Papul and three others for their alleged involvement in amassing wealth beyond legal income source, said an official of ACC.
The other accused are his sister-in-law Jesmin, who worked on behalf of Papul to hide the money, Papul wife Selina Islam and his daughter Wafa Islam.
Director of public relations of ACC Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya said after long investigation into the illegal wealth of Laxmipur-2 MP Kazi Shahid alias Papul ACC commission approved of case against them.
ACC sources said, investigators found Taka 148 crore in the bank account of his sister-in law Jesmin who has no legal income source.
ACC believes that Papul deposited the money to her (Jesmin) account only to hide the source of the money which ACC believed was earned by human trafficking to Kuwait.
ACC is ready to file case at any time as commission already approved the case.
Anti-Corruption Commission on June 17, imposed travel ban on Kazi Papul, and three others of his family members including his wife Selina Islam who is also MP of reserved seat for women, his daughter Wafa Islam and his sister-in-law Jesmin for the sake of inquiry on the allegation of money laundering and human trafficking.
Papul is now serving jail term in a Kuwait prison after being arrested on June 6 over human trafficking, money laundering and oppressing the staffers of his office in Kuwait.
Kuwait authorities froze bank accounts of Papul where money worth Taka 137.88 crore was deposited.
ACC brought piles of allegation against Kazi Papul and his family members saying “Papul racked up Taka1400 crore by trafficking human to Kuwait. His main job is to human trafficking in the name of manpower business. He laundered money in different countries through hundi. He brought Taka 280 crore into the country by using different accounts of his close aides in 2016 and in this collusion some bankers were involved."
Apart from the shares in the banking sector, Papul bought two flats in Gausia development project at Gulshan-1. He bought another flat of 9000 sft from Gausia Islamia project in Gulshan-2 in the name of his wife.
He bought Taka 50 crore share from NRB Commercial Bank which enabled him to become director of the governing body. His wife too bought shares from this bank worth Taka 30 crore.
Anti-Corruption Commission on June 17, imposed travel ban on Kazi Papul, and three others his family members including his wife Selina Islam who is also MP of reserved seat for women, his daughter Wafa Islam and his sister-in-law Jesmin for the sake of inquiry on the allegation of money laundering and human trafficking.
Papul, who is also director of NBR Commercial Bank Limited, is currently under ACC scanner on the allegations of earning hundreds of crore taka by sanctioning bank loan through irregularities and human trafficking.
ACC findings also said, “Kazi Papul and his wife acquired Taka 91 crore worth property in different parts of Raipur and elsewhere in the Laxmipur district. Kazi Papul bought Taka 50 crore worth wage earners bond for his wife and Taka 20 crore worth bond for his daughter from the wage earners branch of Sonali Bank in Dhaka”.
There is also a fixed deposit of Taka 40 crore, Taka 10 crore and Taka 20 crore for Papul, his wife and daughter respectively in the NRB Commercial Bank. There is a six-storey building in Bashundhara Residential Area in the name of Kazi Papul’s wife.
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