Upazila project implementation officer in jail in Sirajganj corruption case

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Abul Kalam Azad, project implementation officer (PIO) of Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj has been arrested and sent to jail through the court in a corruption case. The Pabna Special Judge Court ordered him to be sent to jail on Monday afternoon. Earlier, in 2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against him on charges of obtaining wealth beyond known income and concealing wealth information.

This afternoon, ACC Pabna District Office Deputy Director Shahidul Alam confirmed the matter to Prothom Alo. Accused Abul Kalam Azad is a resident of Hasampur village of Sujanagar police station in Pabna district. Earlier on Sunday night, an ACC team arrested him from his home and handed him over to Pabna Sadar police station.

According to ACC sources, in 2023, ACC launched an investigation against Abul Kalam Azad on allegations of acquiring illegal wealth beyond known income. On May 8, 2024, an asset declaration was ordered against Abul Kalam Azad, his wife Morjina Khatun and son Fazle Rabbi. In view of this, Abul Kalam Azad and his family members submitted the asset declaration to the SEC on July 3 of that year. On March 11, 2025, ACC Assistant Director Sadhan Chandra Sutradhar filed three separate cases on charges of acquiring assets outside known income and concealing information about assets.

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It is mentioned in the case that Abul Kalam Azad acquired known non-income assets of Tk 1 crore 32 lakh 46 thousand, which is an offense punishable under section 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. And the wife Marjina Khatun has acquired illegal assets worth Tk. 1 crore 56 lakh 83 thousand 483 through the illegal income of her husband, which is directly helping to acquire illegal assets outside the known income. An offense punishable under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Section 109 of the Penal Code. On the other hand, the son Fazle Rabbi was accused of illegal possession of known non-income assets worth 1 crore 15 lakh 36 thousand 941 taka.

Apart from this, the ACC officials got information about the unusual wealth in the name of Abul Kalam Azad’s brother-in-law Jamal Uddin Fakir. Later on October 7, 2024, the organization issued an asset declaration notice in his name. In view of this, on December 8 of that year, he provided information on the acquisition of immovable assets worth Tk 32 lakh 46 thousand and immovable assets worth Tk 1 crore 33 lakh 11 thousand 182. During the investigation of this asset statement, the information of acquisition of immovable assets of 32 lakh 46 thousand taka and 1 crore 59 lakh 40 thousand 182 taka worth of non-income known as Jamal Uddin Fakir was found. Later, on October 23, 2025, ACC Assistant Director Sadhan Chandra Sutradhar filed another case as the plaintiff. Jamal Uddin Fakir was made the main accused and Abul Kalam Azad the second accused in the case. Abul Kalam Azad was arrested in these cases on Sunday night and handed over to Pabna Sadar police station.