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Kamal's house in Comilla
Published: 06:33 16 September 2024
Owners of hundreds of crores of rupees in just a few years. The former Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry, Tajul Islam, was introduced as his development coordinator and personal assistant (PS) as if he had Aladdin's lamp in his hand. Kamal Hossain. There are various allegations of corruption against him including tender bidding, extortion, land grab, arbitration meeting, irregularity in contract work, lobbying the police station.
After the fall of the government on August 5, Kamal went into hiding. Multiple sources have confirmed that he is in Dubai. It is known that Kamal Hossain son of farmer Noor Mohammad of Laxmanpur village of Manoharganj upazila of Comilla worked as a broker's assistant in Comilla regional passport office. The wheel of his fortune began to change through his acquaintance with the then Member of Parliament of Comilla, Tajul Islam. Under the umbrella of Minister Tajul Islam, Kamal Comilla LGED office kept flourishing through control of tenders, contracting, ministerial commission trading and irregularities-corruption. Most of the contractors of Laksam-Manoharganj LGED were hired through a contractor called Master Enterprise. He sub-contracted work worth billions of rupees on commission. On November 23, 2023, the Assistant Director of ACC Comilla Integrated District Office Papan Kumar Saha filed a case against him for acquiring illegal assets of Rs.9 crore.
Locals said that Kamal has assets worth 200 to 300 crore rupees in Comilla city alone. His total wealth is more than 600 crore rupees. They demanded to confiscate his illegal assets.
According to the investigation of the ACC, the information of assets of 15 crore 17 lakh 89 thousand 255 taka in total in his name, immovable and immovable, is available. Dudaksutra said, his net assets of 17 crore 13 lakh 99 thousand 26 rupees including family expenses, paid taxes, unpaid liabilities were found. Out of this, 8 crore 22 lakh 21 thousand 80 rupees have been found as legitimate sources of wealth. And no legitimate source of 8 crore 93 lakh 77 thousand 946 rupees was found. It has been mentioned in the statement that in his name in Adarsh Upazila of Comilla, two floors and a six-storey building, 500 century land in various places including Comilla Sadar, Toyota Harrier car and assets of more than 8 crore rupees accumulated in the bank have been found. However, locals say that the distribution of Kamal's huge wealth has not come under the ACC's investigation. The ACC could not find information about his housing estate in Comilla, Big Bazaar Super Market in Kandirpar area, many flats in the same area, flats and plots in Dhaka and agricultural and non-agricultural land. Locals said that Kamal has assets worth 200 to 300 crore rupees in Comilla city alone. His total wealth is more than 600 crore rupees. They demanded confiscation of his illegal assets.
ACC Comilla Deputy Director Fazlur Rahman said, "There has been an allegation against the contractor Kamal Hossain of acquiring assets other than known income." The investigation into him is ongoing. Attempts were made to take the statement of the accused Kamal Hossain but it was not possible as he was in hiding. The mobile phone used by him is also switched off. Meanwhile, on August 5, after the change in the country's status, Kamal moved to Dubai. Multiple reliable sources have confirmed this information.
Public Health Engineering was under Kamal's control: Not only LGED, but also Comilla branch of Directorate of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) was under Kamal's control. Md. During five and a half years when Tajul Islam was LGRD Minister, thousands of crores of DPHE work was done in Comilla alone. Kamal used to hire contractors for every job. He used to take 10% commission from each job. And its associate was Mohammad Nasrullah, Executive Engineer of DPHE Comilla. He also became the owner of plots, flats and crores of rupees. Allegedly, the work ordered on July 26, 2022 was completed in just four days i.e. on July 30. This official and minister's companion Kamal has looted the work completed and the final bill of 2.5 crore rupees. It is learned that the project was to supply water to rural areas in the financial year 2021-22. The tender ID-708642, package number for this work was VWSP-1998/5. As per the government rules, the final bill was issued in the name of the contractor company M/s Rudra Construction after four days of issuing the work order without any work being done. The money he embezzled. The package of that project requires at least six months for the construction of 100 deep tube wells and 100 iron removal plants. There was a question about the work completed and the final bill paid in just four days. Apart from this, he intimidated the contractors and defamed the name of local government minister Tajul Islam and accepted 10 percent of the work orders. It is known that 10 percent of lace works in the whole country. But the minister's PS Kamal Hossain would have passed the work at a 10 percent higher price.
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