ACC Case
Warrant for arrest of Ilyas Ali, wife
A court in Sylhet yesterday issued arrest warrant against former BNP lawmaker M Ilyas Ali and his wife Tahsina Rushdi in a case for ill-gotten wealth filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission two and half years ago.
District and Sessions Judge Md Momin Ullah passed the order and fixed May 10 for framing charges against the accused, as they failed to appear before the court yesterday.
The then ACC assistant director of Sylhet Khandaker Enamul Basir filed the case on July 21, 2008 with Sylhet Kotwali Police Station against the couple for accumulating wealth worth Tk 91 lakh beyond their known sources of income and hiding information of wealth.
The ACC on May 6, 2009 pressed charges. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Sylhet sent the case to the District and Sessions Judge on March 4, said Additional Public Prosecutor of Sylhet Shamsul Islam.
Earlier, the ACC issued a notice on Ilyas on January 28, 2008 asking him to submit wealth statement. Ilyas submitted his wealth report to the ACC Sylhet office through his lawyer on February 14.
According to the statement, Ilyas showed his wealth worth Tk 3.99 crore. The property includes two vehicles worth Tk 1.5 crore, a house at Banani in Dhaka, money in cash and land property at village and in the capital in his and his wife's names.
After investigation, the ACC found Ilyas and his wife had concealed information of their illegally amassed wealth worth Taka 91 lakh in the statement.
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