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REPORT-GRAFT-PAPIA
Probe report in Papia graft case on Nov 30
DHAKA, Oct 13, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court here today fixed November 30 next for submitting a probe report in a case filed against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon for amassing illegal wealth worth over Taka six crore.
Earlier, the court set October 13 (today) for submitting the probe report.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Imrul Qayes set a new date again as the investigation officer (IO) of the case failed to submit the report today.
On August 4 last, deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Shaheen Ara Momtaz filed a case against Papia and her husband with its Dhaka integrated district office-1 for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth worth Taka 6.24 crore.
According to the case statement, Papia and her husband rented a total of 25 rooms of a five-star hotel in Dhaka during October 12, 2019, to February 22, 2020 and paid over Taka 3.23 crore cash as room rent and bills for bars, spa, laundry and food service.
Papia spent around Taka 40 lakh in shopping during her stay at the hotel, but could not show any valid source of income against this huge sum.
Besides, the national anti-graft agency also did not find any valid sources of Taka 30 lakh which Papia paid as rent for her flat from April 2015 to April 2020, Taka one crore invested in car business, while Taka 20 lakh in car wash solution business in Narsingdi, and over Taka 30.52 lakh deposited in different bank accounts of her and her husband.
On February 22, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Papia and her husband, along with two of their accomplices at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with counterfeit currencies and cash.
Later, RAB raided their two luxurious flats in the capital’s Indira Road area and recovered a foreign-made pistol, two magazines, 20 bullets, five bottles of foreign liquour and Taka 58.41 lakh in cash, among other things.
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