Jahangir Kabir NanakAwami League leader and former state minister for LGRD and cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak and his wife have earned Tk 7.3 crore in last five years, according to his wealth statement placed to the Election Commission (EC) this month.
The couple now have wealth worth Tk 8.28 crore together which was Tk 97.84 lakh before the last parliamentary polls held on December 29, 2008. Of the total wealth, Nanak’s wife owns Tk 5.07 crore, which was Tk 52 lakh earlier.
Nanak, also joint general secretary of Awami League, and his wife had an annual income of Tk 9.43 lakh in 2008, according to his wealth statement submitted to the EC before the previous parliamentary polls.
But after the election, their annual increased to Tk 46.47 lakh.
The Daily Star tried to contact Nanak over the phone for the last three days to know how their money had increased. He could not be reach.
Nanak was elected from Dhaka-13 constituency in 2008. He has already been elected uncontested in the parliamentary election slated for January 5 next year.
WEALTH & PROPERTY
Nanak and his wife had cash Tk 11.55 lakh before the last polls. Now they have in hands cash Tk 93.39 lakh together, eight times higher than the previous figure. The former state minister and his wife had savings in bank worth Tk 20,000 and Tk 2.3 lakh respectively, while now they have Tk 40 lakh and Tk 79 lakh respectively. Nanak had share business worth Tk 3.2 lakh which remains the same. However, his wife’s share business worth Tk 2.9 lakh has increased to Tk 1.44 crore.
In postal savings he had Tk 10 lakh, while his wife had Tk 12.9 lakh. Now they have Tk 27 lakh and Tk 1.6 crore respectively. The price of their motor vehicle was Tk 15.25 lakh in 2008 which is Tk 63.06 lakh now, according to Nanak’s wealth statement.
Nanak in his 2008 wealth statement mentioned that he had only 10 decimals of agricultural land worth Tk 35,000. Now he has 1.92 acres and 30 decimals of such land. The AL leader in the statement said he did not know the price of the 1.92-acre land. He however has shown the price of 30 decimal land as Tk 11 lakh.
Nanak and his wife had three katha and two decimals of non-agricultural land respectively. The price shown in the last election’s wealth statement was Tk 3.6 lakh and Tk 15,000 respectively.
In the current wealth statement, Nanak has shown that he has 149.17 decimals of land, of which he owns 44.83 decimals worth Tk 28.17 lakh.
He also showed that his wife had a 1,874-square-foot flat worth Tk 25 lakh in 2008. Now he shows a flat under his wife’s name which is worth Tk 17.5 lakh. He had no building in 2008, but now he shows he has a building worth Tk 1.3 crore.
The AL leader, however, has declared that he has a Tk 2.5 crore home loan from Agrani Bank.
