Bangladesh News

The joint forces yesterday seized an expensive Cadillac car of former BNP lawmaker Md Shahjahan from the garage of Anwar Mirza, chairman of Al-Amin Group of Industries, at Harinarayanpur in the district.
The car, worth around Tk 3 crore, was imported by Shahjahan under the duty-free facilities for lawmakers.

The team comprising law enforcers, members of Anti-Corruption Commission, National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority raided Mirza’s house in the afternoon and found the car in his garage, officer-in-charge of Sudharam Police Station said.

As Mirza failed to produce necessary documents for the car, they seized the vehicle and brought it to the Sudharam Police Station.

None was arrested in this regard as of 8:00pm.

Contacted, Shahjahan, also the president of Noakhali district BNP, said that he had borrowed some cash from Mirza keeping the car as collateral.

Meanwhile, an official of Mirza’s industries said that as Shahjahan had no garage, he kept the car in Mirza’s garage.