ACC case against SCC chief engr, wife
Tk 12.5 illegal wealth detected
Saiful Islam
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) chief engineer of Saiful Islam and his wife Rozina Sultana Rimi for illegally accumulating wealth worth over Tk 12.5 crore. Sylhet ACC Deputy Director Md. Nasir Uddin filed the case with Kotwali police yesterday afternoon as the couple possessed the wealth beyond their known sources of income. Saiful earned the wealth during his service from March 1990 to 2007 as executive engineer of the then Sylhet pourashava and as the chief engineer of SCC since 2003. He owns several plots and flats in the capital, a petrol pump in Sirajganj and a vast land property in his home town and other places. Some of the assets are in the name of his wife, ACC sources said. Hailing from Sherpur, Saiful had been residing at a house in Sylhet city's Housing Estate area since he joined SCC. Joint forces caught him in April last year from his SCC office on allegations of corruption. Within hours of arrest, the chief engineer admitted his corrupt practices before law enforcers. He also narrated how he earned the huge property through corruption during his service with the SCC and other postings at places. Asked by ACC, Saiful and his wife had submitted wealth statement, but that did not show actual figures, SCC sources said. The couple showed only the buying cost of the properties, not the accurate value, ACC officials said. The actual value would be at least four times the estimate shown in their statements, the official said. Saiful had been in jail hajat since his arrest in April last year. He was given detention days after of his arrest. Recently, a High Court Division Bench declared his detention illegal, but he was not freed as he was shown arrested in the ACC case. His wife is absconding, police said. ACC detected that he earned wealth worth Tk 12,05,66,193.67 by illegal means.
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