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Download PDF The anti-corruption taskforce yesterday seized another bullet-proof Mercedes Benz car from the residence of detained Awami League President Sheikh Hasina.
The taskforce members along with Officer-in-Charge of Dhanmondi Police Station Manwar Hossain came to Sudha Sadan at about 12:10pm and took the car to the Dhanmondi Police Station, a Sudha Sadan staff told The Daily Star.
Talking to The Daily Star, Manwar said that the car has been seized as an investigation has been going on about the purchase and ownership of the vehicle.
On July 16, police seized another Mercedes Benz car from Sudha Sadan immediately after the arrest of Sheikh Hasina.
AL chief’s special aide Dr Hasan Mahmud said that the expatriate AL leaders and workers arranged the money for purchasing these two cars for the former prime minister following recommendation of her security committee.
“As per their recommendations, the cars were arranged,” Hasan said adding “It’s really mysterious why the car has been seized. I don’t find any reason.” He, however, said that the taskforce members seized nothing else.
As Sheikh Hasina’s previous bullet-proof car was damaged severely during the grenade attack on her on 21 August in 2004 and was abandoned, Hasina’s security committee recommended her using such cars for security reasons, he told The Daily Star.
Sources said, the party’s former lawmakers Mohammad Sirajul Akbar and Zahid Hasan Russell imported the cars on duty-free quota and presented those to the AL chief.
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