Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque had removed secret documents of a huge amount of wealth. Acting on a secret tip, members of the Anti-Corruption Commission's special team recovered those documents in a raid on Tuesday midnight.
Although the documents were recovered on Tuesday night, the ACC announced this information on Wednesday afternoon.
The ACC said that an investigation into a complaint of amassing a large amount of illegal wealth through dishonest means is ongoing against Shahidul Haque.
At one stage of the investigation, the ACC received intelligence information that Shahidul Haque had sent documents containing information about his illegal wealth acquisition to one of his close relatives in two bags. Intelligence information also revealed that the relative sent the documents to the house of another relative to keep them secret. These documents contain information about Shahidul Haque's illegally acquired wealth worth crores of taka.
It is learnt that from Tuesday night till dawn, a five-member team led by ACC Investigating Officer Assistant Director Rakibul Hayat conducted a search operation at the house of Shahidul Haque's relatives. During the search, a total of 48 items of 38 types were found in two bags. These include documents of huge value, various confidential contracts, deeds of agreement, powers of attorney, copies of the association memorandum, offer letters, bank account statements etc.
Considering that the information about the large amount of wealth found would be helpful in the investigation, commission officials seized the evidence at 12:30 am on Tuesday in the presence of impartial witnesses.
