The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed two cases against former Dhaka South City mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and his wife Afrin Taposh on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 80 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 615 crore in their bank accounts.
The commission also filed three cases against a former driver of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, Syed Abed Ali, his wife Shahrin Aktar Shilpi and son Syed Shohanur Rahman Siam on charges聽 of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 5.37 crore.
Commission deputy director Monirul Islam filed two cases with its Dhaka-1 integrated district office accusing former Dhaka south city mayor and former Awami league lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and his wife Afrin on charges of amassing illegal wealth, said its director general for prevention Md Aktar Hossain.
According to the case documents, the commission found that Taposh, also former lawmaker from Dhaka-10 and 12 constituencies, amassed moveable and immovable wealth worth Tk 170 crore.
After scrutiny the commission found his legal wealth worth Tk 96.85 crore, while he amassed the rest of the wealth worth Tk 73 crore beyond known sources of income.
The anti-corruption agency also found suspicious transactions of Tk 538 crore and 5,00,000 dollars in Taposh鈥檚 27 bank accounts.
Besides, Taposh鈥檚 wife Afrin Taposh has been accused of having illegal assets worth Tk 6.43 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 70.89 crore and $3,95,000 in her nine bank accounts.
The commission found her movable and immovable wealth worth Tk 34.90 crore. After scrutiny, it found her legal wealth worth Tk 28.50 crore, while she amassed the rest of wealth worth Tk 6.40 crore illegally.聽聽
After the fall of the Awami League regime amid a student-led mass uprising, on October 7 last year, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit directed banks to freeze all accounts of Taposh, his wife and their younger son Fazle Nashwan.
Earlier, the commission summoned Taposh to appear before it on November 3 to give a statement over the allegations of amassing illegal wealth, but he did not appear.
The anti-corruption commission filed three cases against former public service commission driver Syed Abed Ali, his wife Shahrin Aktar Shilpi and their son Syed Shohanur Rahman Siam over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 5.37 crore and suspicious transactions in bank accounts, said commission director general Aktar Hossain.
According to the case documents, Syed Abed Ali, who was recently arrested in connection with leaking of question papers of different PSC exams, amassed illegal wealth worth Tk 3.72 crore.
Abed鈥檚 wife Shahrin Aktar amassed illegal wealth worth Tk 1.26 crore while Abed Ali鈥檚 son Syed Shohanur Rahman Siam amassed illegal wealth worth Tk 37.30 lakh, said the case statement.
The commission also found suspicious transactions totalling Tk 41.29 crore involving Syed Abed Ali, who used to work as a chauffeur of former Public Service Commission chairman.
The commission said that it found information on deposits of Tk 20.88 crore and withdrawals of Tk 20.41 crore from 12 of his bank accounts.
The commission also found suspicious transactions of Tk 3.56 crore in two bank accounts of Abed Ali鈥檚 wife Shahrin Aktar.
In July 2024, the Criminal Investigation Department arrested 17 people, including Syed Abed Ali in connection with the PSC question paper leak.
Later, the commission launched an inquiry against him and his family.
Syed Abed Ali, previously dismissed from the public service commission, first gained notoriety in 2014 for allegedly leaking answer papers during a recruitment exam for the posts, telecommunications and information technology ministry.
He faced only departmental action that led to his dismissal from the PSC. No case was filed against him at the time.
Despite his removal, Abed Ali reportedly continued to amass significant wealth through illicit activities, including leaking question papers and influencing job placements.
