Election 2008

4-party nominee from Jamaat chargesheeted for corruption

Ex- MP Gazi Nazrul of Satkhira-5 also hid wealth info

2 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Gazi Nazrul Islam

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet against former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam in a case filed in connection with amassing wealth worth Tk 40.05 lakh illegally and concealing wealth information to the ACC. The Jamaat leader, who was elected as a BNP-led four-party alliance candidate from Satkhira-5 constituency in 2001 election, also submitted nomination paper to contest from the newly demarcated Satkhira-4 constituency in the upcoming polls as four-party candidate. Khulna ACC Deputy Director Monzur Morshed, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet before Satkhira Judicial Magistrate's Court mentioning that he amassed wealth worth Tk 40.05 lakh beyond his known sources of income and concealed wealth information. Judge SM Zakaria of the Judicial Magistrate's Court received the charge sheet yesterday. On July 4 this year, Monzur filed the case against him with Shyampur Police Station. Following an ACC notice to submit his wealth information, the former Jamaat lawmaker submitted statement mentioning wealth amounting to Tk 32.74 on September 10 last year, ACC sources said. Of which, the value of his immovable property was Tk 17.58 and that of movable property was Tk 15.16, the ACC sources said. After investigation it is found that the former Jamaat lawmaker submitted his statement of property showing value Tk 21.39 less than that of the real value, court sources said. The former Jamaat lawmaker also concealed property worth Tk 18.65 in his statement, sources said. After DD Monzur Morshed submitted his investigation report, the ACC approved it and asked him to submit the charge sheet against Nazrul. The charge sheet was submitted after inquiry into the matter, Monzur Morshed told this correspondent. Nazrul, whose name was on the second list of corruption suspects published by the ACC, was arrested by the joint forces on March 9 last year and released on bail on February 4 this year. When contacted, Nazrul said the case filed against him is false and baseless.