Illegal acquisition of property case: Report against Papia couple back

News Desk: The investigation report of the case against the expelled leader of Juba Mahila League Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon has been postponed again.

The court has set a new date of January 26 next year. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh set the date on Monday (November 30).

Today was the day set for the submission of the case report. However, the investigating officer of the case did not submit the report and the court fixed a new date.

On August 4, Shahin Ara Mumtaz, deputy director of the ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office-1, filed the case against the two. The case has been filed under Section 26 (1) of the ACC Act, 2004.

According to the lawsuit, from October 12, 2019 to February 22 this year, Westin stayed in 25 rooms of the hotel for room-night, restaurant food, wine, spa, laundry, mini bar food, mini bar for a total of 3 crore 23 lakh 24 thousand 71. Papia paid the bill in cash. While staying at the Westin Hotel, he shopped for around Rs 4 million. Which could not show any valid source.

In addition, in the five years from April 2015 to April 2020, Rs 30 lakh for house rent, Rs 1 crore invested in car business and Rs 20 lakh invested in KMC Car Wash Solution in Narsingdi, Rs 30 lakh 52 thousand 956 deposited in various banks in her and her husband's name. No valid source was found in the ACC investigation.

On the other hand, during the RAB operation, a car worth Tk 58.41 lakh and a Honda CVA 2012 model worth Tk 22 lakh were recovered from Papia's house. The ACC's investigation did not find any valid source.

On February 22, while leaving the country from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, RAB arrested four people including Papia and her husband Mofizur.