Bangladesh
ACC ACC registers case against six including Basic Bank's ex-chairman and La Meridien's owner in corruption case
Dhaka, Oct 4: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against six people, including Basic Bank's former chairman Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu and Hotel La Meridien's owner Amin Ahmed, for trying to conceal about Tk 95 crore looted by showing the purchase of 30.25 kata of land in Cantonment Bazar and evading revenue of Tk 8.5 crore.
ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office Deputy Director Nurul Huda filed the case as the plaintiff. A senior ACC source confirmed the matter on Tuesday (October 3).
The accused in the case are Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu, former chairman of Basic Bank, his wife Shireen Akhtar, his brother Sheikh Shahriar Panna, Bachchu's sons Sheikh Rafa Hai and Sheikh Chabid Hai Anik and Hotel La Meridien owner Amin Ahmed.
According to the affidavit, the accused Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu entered into an agreement with the other accused Amin Ahmed on July 8, 2012 for the purchase of 30.25 kathas of plot number 6 of Cantonment Bazar area for Tk 110 crore. The value of the contracted land is Tk 110 crore and the amount paid at the time of signing the contract is Tk 10 crore. According to the agreement, the land deeds are registered in two documents. Out of which, the price of 18 khata land is mentioned in the first document dated October 16, 2012 as Tk 9 crore. Where the recipient - Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu, Sheikh Shahriar Panna and Mrs. Shireen Akhter.
On the other hand, in the second document, the price of 12.25 katha in the same year is estimated at Tk 6 crore 25 lakh. Where the recipients are - Sheikh Chabid Hai Anik and Sheikh Rafa Hai. That is, the total registration value of the land is Tk 15 crore 25 lakh. In other words, he tried to hide the illegal income by understating the value of Tk 94 crore 75 lakh in the registration. Apart from this, he has cheated the government's revenue of Tk 8 crore 52 lakh 75 thousand.
