The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday submitted charge sheets against former additional inspector general of police Shamsuddoha Khondoker and his wife Ferdausi Sultana in two cases filed over amassing illegal wealth and money laundering.
ACC assistant director Khorshed Alam, also the investigating officer of the cases, submitted the charge sheets to court officials following approval of the commission on the day.
ACC submitted a charge sheet against Shamsuddoha Khondoker in a case filed against him on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2 crore and concealing information about wealth worth Tk 8.44 crore, said ACC secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen.
She also said that the commission, during the investigation into the case filed on November 21, 2019, also found proof of unusual transactions by Shamsuddoha in different banks.
According to the charge sheet, Shamsuddoha Khondoker , who was also chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority from September 1, 2011, to February 28, 2015, submitted his wealth statement to the commission, declaring his assets worth Tk 1.02 crore.
The ACC, during its investigation, found that Shamsuddoha amassed total wealth worth Tk 9.46 crore, with immovable assets worth Tk 4.13 crore and movable wealth worth Tk 5.32 crore.
ACC said that he concealed information about wealth worth Tk 8.44 crore in his wealth statement submitted to the commission.
ACC submitted the second charge sheet in the case filed on June 12, 2014, against Shamsuddoha and his wife, Fedousi Sultana Khondoker, on charges of amassing illegal wealth and money laundering.
The charge sheet stated that Ferdousi, a housewife, showed her movable and immovable wealth worth Tk 3.01 crore in her wealth statement submitted to the commission.
But ACC, during the investigation, found wealth worth Tk 31.49 crore, and she concealed information about wealth worth Tk 28.47 crore in her statement.
Analysing her wealth statements and during the investigation, ACC found legal sources of Tk 4 crore, and the rest of Tk 27.48聽 crore was amassed beyond known sources of income.
The ACC also found abnormal transactions in the bank accounts of Ferdousi Sultana, even though she was a housewife, according to the charge sheet.
Shamsuddoha joined the police in 1982 and served as an additional inspector general of police until 2011, before his appointment to the BIWTA on deputation. He retired in 2016.
Shamsuddoha did not respond to phone calls or text messages sent asking for comments.
