The photo shows, Laila Kaniz is being taken to a court in Dhaka on Wednesday. Photo: Collected
Laila Kaniz, the wife of former National Board of Revenue (NBR) member Matiur Rahman and a former upazila parishad chairman, has been sent to jail in a case filed over amassing wealth beyond her known income sources and concealing asset information.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib issued the order on Wednesday after hearing a plea by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Meanwhile, the case investigator ACC Assistant Director Md Ismail had pleaded for a seven-day remand for further questioning but the court denied the immediate remand request but scheduled a hearing for January 19.
Detective Branch (DB) officers arrested Md Matiur Rahman, Commissioner of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), and his wife Laila Kaniz, a former upazila chairman, from Bashundhara Residential Area in the capital on Tuesday night.
According to the ACC remand application, Kaniz, a former government employee, allegedly abused her position to illegally acquire and trade a significant number of placement shares. The petition also highlighted the need to investigate her acquisition of unexplained wealth and gather additional details through questioning.
On January 6, the ACC filed a cases accusing Kaniz of amassing illegal assets worth Tk13.01 crore and concealing additional assets worth Tk1.53 crore.
The case also names Matiur Rahman as a co-accused for allegedly assisting her in acquiring the wealth.
