A parliamentary watchdog on Thursday formed a sub-committee to investigate corruption charges against former adviser to caretaker government Mainul Hosein.

The former adviser would be summoned to give his version on government plots he had allotted to his wife and sons, said the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on housing and public works ministry.

Hosein is the second adviser to the immediate past military-installed caretaker government to face corruption charges at the parliamentary probe body.

The parliamentary standing committee on shipping ministry has been investigating corruption charges against the former shipping adviser M A Matin.

A B M Fazle Karim Chowdhury, the committee chairman, told bdnews24.com that Nasrul Hamid MP would the head the all-party sub-committee.

The other members are Asaduzzaman Khan, Jahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan and Enamul Haque and the BNP's Lutfar Rahman.

Hosein, the executive director of Ittefaq Group of Publication, was heavily criticised by the politicians for his anti-politics statement after the declaration of the state of emergency on Jan 11, 2007.

"We have got written allegations that Mainul Hosein as adviser to the public works ministry had abused his authority for personal gains.

"So, we have formed the probe body to investigate the corruption," Chowdhury told bdnews24.com after the meeting at the parliament building.

The committee head, however, would not name those who made the allegations against Hosein.

He said the probe committee had one month to report to the standing committee.

"Mainul Hosein made a false declaration to conceal his Baridhara house saying he had no plots in Dhaka to get public land .

"He allotted land to his wife Sajeda Hossain and his sons abusing his authority," said Chowdhury.

The chairman said the former adviser used false name of his wife to get the land.

The committee also discussed changing the name of the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.

"The conference centre was named after Bangbandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre as per the original agreement with China.

"But the foreign ministry (in 2002) changed the name without consulting the housing and public works ministry, the owner of the centre," said Fazle Karim Chowdhury.

"We may recommend a change in the name in the future and restore the old name Bangbandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre," said the chairman.

Source: bdnews24.com

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