A case has been filed against seven people, including former Dhaka Khin City Corporation mayor Mohammad Saeed Khokon, for embezzling Tk 34.89 crore from the allocation of unplanned shops at Fulbaria Super Market No. 2 in the capital.
Delwar Hossain Dulu, president of the Market Shop Owners Association, filed the case in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam on Tuesday. After taking the plaintiff's statement, the court fixed Wednesday for the order.
The other accused in the case are- former chief revenue officer of Dhaka South City Corporation Yusuf Ali Sardar, former deputy assistant engineer Majed, Kamrul Hasan, Helena Akter, Atiqur Rahman and Md. Walid.
Former mayor Saeed Khokon has blamed current mayor Tapas for the case. He said the current mayor, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, was doing the dirty work with businessman Delwar Hossain Dulu. This is tarnishing his image. This has been said in a press release sent by Habibul Islam Sumon, Public Relations Officer of SA Khokon.
The accused Saeed Khokon, Yusuf Ali Sardar and Majed conspired with each other to set up a non-design part of the main building of Fulbaria City Super Market-2 and announced the allotment of shops. The small traders then approached Saeed Khokon, former mayor of DSCC, for allotment of shops. After that, small traders contacted Kamrul Hasan, Helena Akhter and Atiqur Rahman.
Kamrul Hasan, Helena Akhter, Atiqur Rahman Swapan and Walid misunderstood and forced to allot shops in the main market of Fulbaria City Super Market-2. Saeed Khokon, Majed and others fraudulently embezzled crores of rupees from traders and allotted unplanned shops.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff Delwar Hossain Dulu stopped the process of allotment of shops to the accused and obstructed the transaction of crores of rupees from the traders. On August 20, 2017, Yusuf Ali Sardar, Atiqur Rahman Swapan and Walid summoned Delwar to Banani and threatened him. However, he did not dare to file a general diary against them at that time thinking of himself and his family. The accused took crores of rupees without receipt saying that the shop was allotted. The victims deposited Tk 34.89 crore in Saeed Khokon's account at different times.
The indictment further alleges that the accused committed fraud in order to conspire illegally and immorally. The plaintiff filed a case in the court for criminal intimidation. On December 8, the DSCC launched an operation to dismantle 911 unmarked shops of Fulbaria Super Market-2.
