Former shipping minister and AL presidium member Shajahan Khan arrested
Khan, also a former MP from the Madaripur-2 constituency, was previously summoned by the ACC in 2014 over allegations related to irregularities in plot allocation and the accumulation of illegal assets
Former shipping minister and AL presidium member Shahjahan Khan has been arrested tonight (6 September) from the capital's Dhanmondi.
Last month, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to launch an inquiry into Khan.
Khan, also a former MP from the Madaripur-2 constituency, was previously summoned by the ACC in 2014 over allegations related to irregularities in plot allocation and the accumulation of illegal assets.
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His affidavit for the 11th parliamentary election revealed substantial wealth, including two cars, 96 bhori of gold belonging to his wife, two buses, an SUV, a microbus, and a 10-katha plot of land from Rajuk, registered under his wife's name.
Khan also served as the chairman of the standing committee of Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.
Earlier in 2018, Shahjahan Khan courted controversy when he responded to the deaths of two students in a road accident with a smile, saying, "A road crash has claimed 33 lives in India's Maharashtra; but do they talk about it like the way we do?"
The comment also sparked the 2018 Road Safety Movement.
He was later forced to apologise.
