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ACC seeks wealth statement of MP Papul’s wife, daughter


Published : 24 Nov 2020 10:08 PM | Updated : 25 Nov 2020 01:04 AM

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought wealth information from lawmaker Selina Islam and her daughter Wafa Islam. 

Selina is wife Kazi Shaheed Islam Papul, MP, while Wafa is his daughter.

ACC Director Syed Iqbal Hossain signed the notice which was sent to them asking them to give the information within twenty one working days, said ACC sources. 

On June 6 this year, Papul, who is a lawmaker from Lakshmipur-2 constituency, was arrested in Kuwait. He was arrested  on charges of human trafficking and money laundering. 

He also confessed that he was involved in these activities.

He also admitted that that he was engaged  in illegal visa trading and bribery of Kuwaiti officials.

A Kuwait court has already started trial proceedings of Kazi Papul. Papul denied all allegations against him. But he administered that he has gifted 50 thousand Dinars or $1.63 lakh to three high officials as the symbol of friendship.

Currently the lawmaker is staying in Kuwait central prison and facing the investigation of public prosecution department of Kuwait.

In Bangladesh’s history no Bangladeshi Parliamentarian had faced trial in a foreign land. 

Few of Kuwaiti officials including two Kuwaiti lawmakers have also been accused in the case.

According to the locals, Shahid went to Kuwait in 1989 for a job of supervisor at an institution. He was almost penniless at that time. However, he had to return home after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

After the situation in Kuwait turned normal, Shahid went there again with the assistance of his brother Kazi Monzurul Alam, general secretary of Kuwait BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party).

His financial condition suddenly swelled after he began human trafficking, local sources said.