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| BNP ex-MP Wadud's BMW seized |
| 2007-02-22 |
| A special taskforce seized former BNP lawmaker Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan's BMW car worth about Tk 3 crore from a garage of his close aide and local BNP leader Mohammad Mahfuz in Khagrachhari yesterday. "Noooooo! Not my Beemer!" Comprising members of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the taskforce raided the house of Mahfuz at Kalabagan at about 1:00pm and seized the expensive vehicle, police sources said. The taskforce arrived from Dhaka earlier to investigate the allegations of corruption against Wadud, who was detained earlier this month. The former lawmaker imported the branded car defying rules and regulations in October 2006, sources said. Mia Zahid, officer in charge (OC) of Khagrachhari Police Station, said that the BMW has been kept at the police station and a case will be filed against Wadud. However, Mahfuz alias Gharbaka Mahfuzza, president of the district unit Swechchhasebak Dal, volunteers' wing of BNP, is still at large. He went into hiding when the present caretaker government took over. Meanwhile, another investigation team conducted search at Wadud's house throughout the whole day yesterday, but it did not disclose the findings to the reporters. The same team seized around 3,000 jackets allotted for relief from the house on Tuesady. A case was also lodged. Wadud, arrested on February 4 at his Kalabagun house "Baithak" by the joint forces, is in Comilla Central Jail at present. He was recently listed as one of the top 50 corrupted people by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Mahfuz is accused of various criminal activities including murder, rape, corruption, torturing opposition activists, filing false cases against them and journalists, land grabbing and tender manipulation. He was also the leader of Wadud's cadre group styled G-8. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 RAB is out in the parking lot doing doughnuts with it right now ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-02-22 09:37 |
| #1 Any idea of the size/value? A 1-series or a 7-series? worth about Tk 3 crore is decidedly unhelpful. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-02-22 07:40 |