Raipura upazila parishad chairman Laila Kaniz Lucky, also the first wife of former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, attended a meeting in the upazila after 14 days of disappearance amid allegations against her and her husband for accumulating a huge quantity of illegal wealth.
She was seen coming to the upazila parishad in a private car on Thursday noon to attend a preparatory meeting of the Higher Secondary School and equivalent examination.
Chaired by Raipura upazila nirbahi officer, the meeting was also attended by the upazila assistant commissioner (land) Shafiqul Islam and heads of various colleges in the upazila.
Journalists were not allowed inside during the meeting.
After the meeting, Lucky exchanged greetings with the ruling Awami League leaders and union parishad chairmen at her office.
When journalists approached her, she got into the car and left without uttering a word.
The allegations of corruption by the NBR official came to light after a video went viral on social media that depicted Matiur鈥檚 son Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat with a goat he bought for Tk 15 lakh before Eid-ul-Azha.
Apart from the departmental inquiry, Matiur was facing an inquiry by the ACC for the fifth time in the last two decades.
Various media outlets in the country reported the huge quantity of illegal wealth of Laila Kaniz Lucky through her husband and now the chairman of Raipura upazila parishad.
She did not go to the office after Eid-ul-Azha without taking any leave, as she attended the last office two days before Eid.
Local people said that Laila鈥檚 father was a food officer, and Laila retired as an associate professor at Government Titumir College.
Her wealth multiplied in the past 15 years after marrying the former NBR official, Matiur.
Raipura upazila nirbahi officer Iqbal Hasan declined to make any comment about the chairman.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked all banks and non-banking financial institutions to freeze all accounts of former NBR member Matiur Rahman and his family members, who were now facing allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
The BFIU issued letters to all banks and non-bank financial institutions to freeze the accounts of Matiur Rahman and his family for 30 days.
Matiur was president of NBR鈥檚 Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal, but the finance ministry removed him from the post on Sunday and attached him to the Internal Resources Division amid graft allegations.
Earlier on Monday, a Dhaka court imposed an international travel ban on Matiur, his first wife Layla Kaniz, who is upazila parishad chairman of Narsingdi鈥檚 Raipura, and their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob in connection with corruption allegations.
The Financial Institutions Division on Monday relieved Matiur Rahman from his director鈥檚 role at the Sonali Bank board. He had been sitting on the bank鈥檚 board since February 2022.