Health Services driver, who actually owns over Tk 100 crore, arrested
Driver of ex - Director General of the Directorate of Health and wellbeing Professor Dr Abdul Kalam Azad features been arrested on expenses of forged banknote organization and extortion.
Driver of past Director Basic of the Directorate of Health Professor Dr Abdul Kalam Azad has been arrested on expenses of forged banknote organization and extortion.
Rapid Actions Battalion (RAB) arrested Abdul Malek, 63, with a foreign built pistol from Kamarpara area less than Turag Police Station at about 3:00am on Sunday.
The arrest of Abdul Malek was confirmed by RAB through a news release signed by the elite force's Legal and Mass media Department's assistant director Sujoy Sarker on Sunday.
The news release reads that RAB learnt by investigation that Abdul Malek was allegedly involved in against the law arms trading, forged bank notes, extortion and various other terrorist activities at Turag area in the administrative centre. He designed a reign of terror producing the common persons hostage showing hands and electricity in his location. Lives of the inhabitants of Turag spot have become intolerable because of his activities. People living in his area always continue to be panicked fearing of him.
In such a condition, RAB arrested Abdul Malek conducting a raid at House Not any. 42 in Bamoner Tek of Kamarpara under Turag law enforcement station. During his arrest, RAB likewise seized a foreign-built pistol, a magazine, five rounds of bullet, Tk 1.5 lakh fake notes, a laptop computer and a cellular phone from him.
The press release says that Abdul Malek is a driver of transport pool of the Directorate of Health and a Class III employee. He is Class VIII passed. Malek initial joined the Savar Wellbeing Job as a driver in 1982. In 1986, he started operating as a driver at the transfer pool of the Directorate of Health. Now, he works at the Directorate of Wellness Education on deputation.
There are two seven-storeyed luxury buildings in the name of Abdul Malek's wife. Addititionally there is an under construction 10-storeyed building on four katha of territory at Hatirpool place in her name. Besides, Malek has a dairy company on 15-katha of territory at Dakkhin Kamarpara. He also offers huge amounts of money with numerous banks.
RAB likewise learnt that Abdul Malek owns property or home worth a lot more than Tk 100 crore.
Malek managed to appoint his daughter Nourin Sultana Bely as office assistant at the Directorate of Health, brother Abdul Khaleque as office associate, elder daughter Baby's husband Ratan as canteen supervisor, nephew Sohel as driver, brother-in-law Mahbub as driver, and close relative Kamal simply because office assistant.
Though Malek is a driver of a white colored Pajero jeep (Dhaka Metro Ga 13-2979) allocated for the Director Standard, he regularly used it.
It had been further learnt that deputy director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Shamsul Alam summoned Abdul Malek to the ACC on October 22 this past year for accumulating huge wealth illegally and laundering cash abroad through unlimited corruption at the Directorate of Health. However, the ACC cannot end investigation against Malek.
