Ex-minister Abdus Sahid, ex-MP Habib under ACC scanner 

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an inquiry against former agriculture minister Abdus Shahid on allegations of corruption, land grabbing, amassing illegal wealth, and abuse of power. 

The anti-graft body took the decision on Sunday (8 September), a senior ACC official told The Business Standard.

According to commission insiders, Abdus Shahid has violated government laws through abuse of power, corruption, and various irregularities. 

He allegedly grabbed land from the forest department to establish tea gardens and installed street lights and deep tube wells in those gardens at the government's expense. 

Evidence suggests that Shahid has amassed significant wealth, with properties registered under the names of his wife and children. This includes houses and apartments in multiple locations in the country and a house in the "Begum Para" neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada.

Additionally, an intelligence investigation has preliminarily verified the existence of his substantial illegal assets both within the country and abroad. 

The ACC has also decided to investigate former Member of Parliament Habibur Rahman of the Bogura-5 constituency and Maqsood, personal assistant to former agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque. 

Habibur and Maqsood allegedly amassed illegal wealth in their names, as well as in the names of family members, through corruption and abuse of power.