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2019-12-30 22:41:38 BdST

ACC summons ex-Jubo League leader Sheikh Maruf for quizzing


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Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former Jubo league presidium member Sheikh Fazlur Rahman Maruf for quizzing him for amassing wealth allegedly from sources beyond his legal income.

Sheikh Maruf, brother of Awami League presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, has been asked to appear at the ACC's Segunbagicha headquarters on January 7, said a notice of the anti-graft body on Sunday.

ACC sources said a notice, signed by its director Sayed Iqbal Hossain, has been sent to Sheikh Maruf today in this regard.

ACC in the notice said that “ACC is running probe against contractor GK Shamim and some others on charges of embezzling government money by getting tenders of different mega projects through providing over hundreds of crores of taka as a bribe to the government officials.”

There is also an allegation that they amassed the money through illegal casino business and laundered abroad and amassing a huge amount of wealth beyond known sources of income.

“Hearing and recording your (Sheikh Maruf) statement is needed over the graft allegations for the interest of a fair probe,” it said

The involvement of some senior leaders of the Jubo League came up with the illegal casino business when the law enforcement agencies had started drives against illegally run casinos at Motijheel area on September 18.

During the drive, law enforcers arrested a number of Jubo league leaders including its Dhaka south unit president Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Smrat, organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan and so-called Jubo league leader and contactor GK Shamim.

RAB also arrested Pradhan Group chairman Salim Prodhan on charges of running online casino business and laundering money abroad.

A company of Pradhan Group, named P24 Gaming, operates under the umbrella of the group and refers to itself on its website as ‘one of the first providers of B2B Live Casino solutions in Bangladesh.”

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