HC gives 3 weeks to complete probe on MP Murshedy's illegal occupation of PWD house

The High Court (HC) directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to complete an investigation in three weeks of the complaint against Awami League MP Abdus Salam Murshedy for allegedly unlawfully occupying a house in the capital's Gulshan.

The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order following a hearing on a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Syed Sayedul Haque Suman on Wednesday.

The court has also ordered Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to submit the original master plan of the property concerned within seven days.

SC lawyer Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed the writ on 30 October.

The matter was heard by the HC bench and a ruling was made on 1 November.

The bench asked why the inaction of offices concerned in recovering the Gulshan house – currently under the reported illegal occupation of the Khulna-4 lawmaker – will not be called illegal.

The bench also instructed Rajuk, Public Works Department (PWD) and the ruling party MP to submit all property-related documents to the court within 10 days.

The ACC was also made a respondent to the rule.Besides, the secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works shared their own probe findings of the complaint with the ACC.