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The commission’s director (public relations), Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, said that the questioning of Tafsir Awal began at 11 am on Thursday at ACC headquarters in Dhaka’s Segundobagicha. A team led by ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain is questioning him.
The ACC interrogates Tafsir as part of an investigation into allegations of “corruption involving billions of rupees” in his own company by opening various bank accounts in New York and London.
Earlier, on August 31, he was summoned to the commission and interrogated for about four hours.
After questioning that day, Tafsir told reporters: “I was not in the country, I was in London. I left after receiving a notice from the ACC. They asked me a lot of questions, I answered them. The ACC is working. I don’t have no problem or objection. “
When asked if he had bank accounts in London and the United States, Tafsir said: “I have a problem with who filed a complaint with the ACC, or for what reason. I have a family problem, I am in court. The ACC may not know it.
Tafsir, the second son of former FBCCI president Awal Mintu, studied in the UK. He is married to the daughter of Gowher Rizvi, the prime minister’s foreign affairs adviser.
Family sources said they have recently separated. They have a daughter. Her parents have gone to court in London under her tutelage.
Mintu’s son, Tafsir, was questioned by the ACC
Earlier, as part of the investigation into the allegations against Tafsir, the ACC investigating officer had sent a letter to the BIFIU of the Bangladesh Bank requesting some records.
The letter contained information about the accounts of Abdul Awal Mintu and his sons at the London branch of a UK bank called NFM Energy, a foreign company, and various accounts at the New York and Pittsburgh branches of two banks in the United States. . (Whose shareholders are Abdul Awal Mintu and his wife Nasreen Fatema Awal) Information sought.
The letter also sought information on investments in NFM Energy, a Singapore-registered joint venture.
Some of these documents have already been sent to the ACC investigative officer’s office, an official said.
Tafsir’s brother, Tabitha Awal, is a member of BNP’s National Executive Committee. He was the mayoral candidate in the BNP-nominated Dhaka North City Corporation election. His other brother’s name is Tajwar Awal.
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