
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited manager (administration) Md Huzzat Ullah on charges of amassing Tk 1.93 crore wealth beyond known sources of income.
The commission deputy director Selani Akhtar filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1, accusing Huzzat Ullah, said ACC deputy director (public relations) Aktarul Islam.
According to the case statement, the ACC, during its inquiry, found that Huzzat ullah amassed moveable and immovable wealth worth Tk 2.77 crore, but the commission found his legal income to be Tk 83.12 lakh against the wealth.
Huzzat Ullah showed wealth worth Tk 29.90 lakh in the name of his wife Mahmuda Khanom in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC, but the wealth was not mentioned in his income tax return for FY 2019–20, it said.
The DPDC official also concealed information about wealth worth Tk 1.90 crore in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC, according to the case statement.
Huzzat Ullah amassed the wealth between the financial years 2004–05 and FY 2019–20.