ACC sues Monir over illegal wealth-Investigation Officer Mamunur Rashid Choudhury
February 14, 2024
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ACC sues Monir over illegal wealth
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against Md Monir Hossain, also known as Golden Monir, for illegally amassing more than Tk 21 crore.
ACC deputy director Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury filed the case, said ACC officials. According to the complaint, Monir accumulated wealth worth Tk 218,273,459 illegally, but he failed to mention the sources of this income in his wealth statement that he submitted to the commission. On November 25, 2020, the commission asked him to submit his wealth statement. And he submitted his asset statement documents on March, 2, 2021. As per the information provided in the statement, Monir earned a total of Tk 339,524,742 through different income sources. But he obtained immovable and movable assets worth Tk 557,798,201, as per the commission’s findings. So there was inconsistency of more than Tk 21 crore between his income and asset possessions. The commission also found 23 Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha plots registered in his name, but he did not mention any of them in his wealth statement submitted to the commission. ‘Monir has provided false and baseless information in his statement of assets by concealing the information of the Rajuk plots,’ said the complaint. According to the complaint, from the income tax documents of the accused, the news published in different media at different times and information obtained from various sources, it has been ascertained that Monir has no significant source of legitimate income. On November 20, 2020, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Monir and recovered a foreign-made pistol, bullets, foreign liquor, currencies of ten countries, eight kilograms of gold ornaments and Tk 1.9 crore in cash from his Merul Badda residence. RAB later filed three separate cases against him with the Badda police station. According to the Criminal Investigation Department officials, Monir owns around 30 plots, over a dozen buildings and two car showrooms, all bought with his illegally earned money. Monir deposited over Tk791 crore in 129 bank accounts during his involvement with gold smuggling.
Monir’s wife, son, daughter, sister and brother in law, as well as Sirajganj Upazila chairman and the district Awami League convener Riyaz Uddin were accused in the case. Besides, Dhaka North City Corporation’s Ward councilor Shafiqul Islam has also been named as an accused.
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