A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking an investigation into allegations of corruption, illegal wealth accumulation, illegal recruitment and money laundering against recently resigned Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Managing Director Abdus Salam Bepari.
The petition also sought a directive barring him from leaving the country until investigations into the allegations are completed.
It further requested the court to order authorities to examine details of his assets.
Supreme Court lawyer Khadijatul Kubra filed the writ on Tuesday attaching various media reports.
The petition named Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and State Minister, Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman and Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Managing Director as respondents.
The writ sought a rule asking why the inaction of the authorities in investigating allegations of corruption, illegal wealth accumulation, illegal recruitment and money laundering against Abdus Salam should not be declared illegal.
It also requested the court to order the seizure of movable and immovable properties owned by him and his family.
Abdus Salam joined Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority in 1991 as an assistant engineer.
He was later promoted to additional chief engineer and was appointed managing director during the final period of the interim government through a process described as controversial.
The controversy intensified after a national daily published a report on 3 March claiming that a house in Canada’s Begum Para was registered in the name of Salam’s wife.
He resigned from the post on 8 March following the report.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department has opened an inquiry into allegations of money laundering against him.
