The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday sent notices to lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, who has been detained in Kuwait, his wife lawmaker Selina Islam and two other members of their family as part an enquiry into their corruptions.
As part of the enquiry, the state ant-graft body- ACC-in the notices askedthem to provide various documents required for the investigation purposes. ACC director Sayed Iqbal Hossain said that ACC’s assistant director M Salahuddin served the notices to independent lawmaker Shahid, his wife lawmaker Selina, their daughter KaziWafa Islam and Selina’s sister JeminAkter on Wednesday, asking them to submit copies of their passports, National Identity Cards, TINs and income tax returns. The notices have been sent to their Gulshan residence asking them to submit the documents by 15 days.
Earlier on June 6, Kuwait’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) detained Bangladeshi lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam in Kuwait following some complaints filed by some of his employees in that country. The Lakshmipur-2 constituency lawmaker is now facing CID interrogation in Kuwait.
The ACC initiated an inquiry against Shahid Islam, also NRB Commercial Bank Ltd director, on charge of his alleged involvement in amassing illegal wealth through money laundering.
The inquiry against the Kuwait-based businessman was initiated after a 174-page complaint was filed with the commission, said ACC director for public relations Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
The ACC launched the inquiry against the businessman 10 days after road transport and bridges minister ObaidulQuader said that legal steps would be taken over the allegations of human trafficking against the independent lawmaker from Lakshmipur-2.
Obaidul said that he would request the ACC to investigate the matter as per the prime minister’s directives against corruption.
Arab Times in Kuwait reported on February 13 that a Bangladesh parliamentarian ‘is believed to be involved in visa trade in Kuwait’ and he was one of the members of the three-man gang sought by the security authorities in Kuwait.
Describing the Bangladeshi MP as a ‘fugitive’, it said he has given five expensive cars as gifts to senior government officials of Kuwait to get several government contracts.
He allegedly transferred most of his wealth to the US and entered into a business partnership with a US citizen, according to the newspaper.
He began working in Kuwait as a supervisor of cleaning workers in one of the major companies and later became a partner of the company, the newspaper reported.
