Goat scandal: Matiur to be quizzed at jail gate

A Dhaka court ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to interrogate the former member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman at the jail gate for three days in a corruption case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday (January 27), allowing a petition of the ACC. The court also showed Matiur arrested in another graft case.

Detective Branch (DB) of police on January 15 arrested Matiur Rahman and his wife Laila Kaniz from the city’s Bashundhara area.

Earlier on January 19, the investigation officer filed the petition for placing Matiur on a seven-day remand in the case. The court had set today to hold a hearing on the matter.

On January 6, the ACC filed three separate cases against Matiur and his family members.

Matiur came to limelight after his son posted on social media a photo of a sacrificial goat worth Tk 15 lakh. The photo went viral, raising questions about the sources of his wealth.

The ACC later launched an inquiry into the sources of his wealth and filed two graft cases against him on charges of amassing wealth illegally on December 15, 2024.