Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz have been arrested.
Former National Board of Revenue (NBR) member Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz (first wife) have been arrested. A team of DB police arrested them from the Bashundhara area on Tuesday (January 14) night. The matter was confirmed by DMP’s Media and Public Relations Department Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Talebur Rahman.
DC Talebur Rahman could not give specific information about the case in which they were arrested. The ACC last filed three cases against them on January 6. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Matiur Rahman, his first wife (Laila Kaniz) and his son and daughter on charges of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 124 crore and concealing information about their assets.
Laila Kaniz and Matiur Rahman have been accused in the first case. The case details state that the accused Laila Kaniz has acquired undeclared assets worth 131.58 million taka. In addition, Laila Kaniz has been accused of concealing information about illegal assets worth 153 million taka.
On the other hand, in the second case her daughter Farzana Rahman has been accused of concealing 245 million taka and acquiring illegal assets worth more than 534.1 million taka. Matiur Rahman has been made an accomplice in that case.
And in the third case, Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnab the son of the first house has been accused of concealing information about assets worth 133.8 million taka and acquiring illegal assets worth 422.2 million taka. Matiur has also been made an accomplice in this case.
On December 15, two cases were filed against Matiur Rahman and his second wife (Shammi Akhter Shibli) for allegedly acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 111,886,120 and concealing information about their assets.
In the first case, Matiur has been accused of having known undeclared assets worth Tk 52,875,939 and concealing information about assets worth Tk 12,766,216.
In the second case, along with Matiur his second wife Shammi Akhter Shibli has also been accused. Shibli has been charged with concealing information about illegal assets worth Tk 1 crore 87 lakh 15 thousand 490 and assets worth Tk 2 crore 75 lakh 28 thousand 475. The accused have been charged under sections 27 (1) and 26 (2) of the ACC Act of 2004.
A young man named Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat came into the news after buying a goat for Tk 15 lakh for a sacrifice. This led to intense discussion on social media. It is said that his father is a member of the National Board of Revenue and the President of the Customs Excise and VAT Appeal Tribunal Matiur Rahman.
Then the discussion turned to the location of Matiur Rahman and his family members and how much wealth they have. In the midst of this discussion, sensational information about the vast wealth of the Matiur family started coming out one after another.
Later, on June 4 last year, the ACC investigated the known undeclared assets of Matiur and his family members. During the investigation, the ACC found information about 65 bighas of land, eight flats, two resorts and picnic spots, and three industrial establishments in the names of Matiur and his family members. Bank accounts, financial services accounts on mobile phones, and stock market BO accounts were seized in the names of Matiur Rahman and his family members.
On June 24 the court banned Matiur his first wife and his children from traveling abroad.
Then on July 2 the ACC sent separate notices to Matiur Rahman and his family members seeking asset declarations. Matiur and his two wives and five others including his son and daughter submitted their asset declarations to the ACC on August 29.
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