Dhaka: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against Jatiya Party presidium member Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a lawmaker, for reportedly grabbing a government land.

ACC deputy director Zulfikar Ali filed the case against him with the Tejgaon police in Dhaka, confirmed ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

According to the first information report, a government house on a one bigha land in Dhanmondi residential area was allocated to the then Canadian High Commissioner Mohammad Ali on 3 November 1951.

Later, in 1970, the authorities concerned gave approval to hand over the land to inheritors of Mohammad Ali—his second wife, son and daughter—and mutation of the land was made to their names. On 22 May 1970, the ministry concerned also gave approval to hand over the land to them.

But, Firoz Rashid grabbed the land (Road 2, House 65) using fake documents in August 1979, the FIR said.

In August 2015, the ACC initiated a probe against Kazi Firoz Rashid for allegedly grabbing land in the capital. The national anti-corruption body interrogated him on 13 August 2015.