Court orders seizure of Tk11cr assets from Ctg police ADC Kamrul, wife
According to an ACC petition submitted to the court, Hasan is under investigation for acquiring illegal assets through bribery and extortion
A metropolitan court has ordered the seizure of assets worth approximately Tk11 crore belonging to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Kamrul Hasan and his wife in response to a petition by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Zebunnesa passed the order on Monday, Nazmus Saadat, ACC's Deputy Director at the Integrated District Office, Chattogram-1, told The Business Standard.
He said while investigating a complaint against the police officer and his wife Saima Begum, the ACC found evidence of acquiring illegal wealth through bribery and corruption. The commission then filed a petition to seize their assets.
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Nazmus Saadat said a case is under process against Kamrul Hasan and his wife.
According to the ACC petition, the police officer was under investigation following allegations of acquiring illegal assets.
ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Imran Hossain was appointed as the investigating officer to probe the allegations and submit a report.
During the probe, site inspections, record reviews, and interviews revealed that Kamrul Hasan, who joined the Bangladesh Police as a sub-inspector in 1989, had amassed assets worth around Tk12.73 crore in immovable property and over Tk1.23 crore in movable property, totaling nearly Tk14 crore.
Additionally, his total family and other expenses were found to be over Tk70 lakh. Thus, the total assets, including expenses, amounted to nearly Tk14.67 crore.
Against this, his legitimate income sources accounted for over Tk4.8 crore, indicating that over Tk9.73 crore of his assets were beyond known income sources.
Similarly, records showed that his wife Saima Begum possessed assets worth Tk1,25,000 in immovable property and nearly Tk2 crore in movable property, totaling more than Tk2 crore.
After deducting liabilities of nearly Tk29 lakh, her net assets stood at nearly Tk1.72 crore.
Including family and other expenses of over Tk31.36 lakh, her total assets amounted to around Tk2.03 crore.
Against this, her legitimate income sources were over Tk40.14 lakh, revealing that nearly Tk1.63 crore of her assets were beyond known income sources.
Following the preliminary investigation, a report was submitted on 13 May recommending separate asset declarations under Section 26(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2004, due to evidence of illegal asset accumulation by Kamrul Hasan and Saima Begum.
