The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday decided to launch an inquiry against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner and additional inspector general of police Khandaker Golam Faruk over allegations of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 3,000 crore.
The commission formed an inquiry team led by assistant director Rakibul Hayat, asking it to carry out a probe over the graft allegations, said its deputy director Aktarul Islam.
According to the allegations, Faruk abused his power during his service tenure to illegally amass Tk 3,000聽 crore from all over the country even from remote areas.
Bangladeshi citizen Faruk is also a holder of the green card which is a Permanent Resident Card for immigrants in the United States. His wife鈥檚 brothers and sisters are also permanent residents of the USA, according to the primary allegations brought against Faruk.
The former police officer allegedly laundered illegal money worth Tk 2,500 crore to the USA through close relatives, while with the rest Tk 500 crore he bought assets, including land, apartments and houses, in different parts of the country and kept deposits in several banks.
Most of these assets he had bought in the names of his wife Sharmeen Akhtar Khan and other close relatives and family members, according to the allegations.
With his illegal money Faruk built Ghatandi Alhaj Khandkar Hyder Ali Memorial High School on several bigha of land and also constructed a three-storey luxurious building at his village home in Tangail.
Of Faruk鈥檚 three brothers, one Khandkar Habibur Rahman Selim has Tk 50 lakh in several banks, while his wife has land property worth about Tk 30 crore in her name, as per allegations.聽
Another brother, Khandkar Suruj, owns a motor parts shop worth around Tk 3 crore at Bhuapur bus stand in Tangail, while he and his wife possess land worth Tk 25 crore.
Another brother, Khandkar Firoz, alias Kalu, owns land worth Tk 2 crore and has about Tk 40 lakh in banks.
Faruk鈥檚 younger sister and her husband also own huge wealth, as per allegations.
Faruk allegedly amassed wealth worth Tk 200 crore during his tenure as an assistant commissioner of police in Chittagong in 1993鈥�1995.
He illegally amassed Tk 150 crore during his term as superintendent of police in Thakurgaon in 2004鈥�2006. He also amassed Tk 300 crore illegally during his tenure as police super in Mymensingh in 2009鈥�2012, and also made another Tk 500 crore in illegal earning during his tenure as Rangpur Range deputy inspector general of police.
During his tenure as Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner, the former police official allegedly secured Tk 1,450 crore in illegal income.
The police arrested former police commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruk on Saturday from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital just before he was due to fly for Bangkok on a personal trip.
A number of cases were filed against him after then prime minister Sheikh Hasina had resigned and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, bringing the downfall of the Awami League regime.