The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed cases against four people including Max Group chairman Golam Mohammed Alamgir and former deputy secretary Syed Mujibul Haque on charges of amassing illegal wealth and embezzling money.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court, on the other hand, imposed an international travel ban on former local government and rural development minister engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over graft allegations.
Besides, the ACC has received information on irregularities at the Center for Research and Information, better known as CRI and a Fixed Deposit Receipt worth Tk 35.21 crore in the name of CRI.
ACC director general (Prevention) Md Aktar Hossain revealed the information at a press briefing at the commission鈥檚 headquarters in Dhaka.
He said that the cases against the four were filed with the commission鈥檚 integrated district office Dhaka-1.
According to the first case statement, Max Group chairman Golam Mohammed Alamgir has been accused of amassing assets worth Tk 27.86 crore beyond known sources of income.
Another case involves Syed Mujibul Haque, a former deputy secretary and the program director for the Freedom Fighter Database and Public Awareness Project.
He is accused of embezzling Tk 74.36 lakh by approving payments for certificates and hardware that were never delivered.
Despite no physical receipt of goods, Mujibul Haque allegedly authorised partial payments and prepared fraudulent certification documents to facilitate the release of funds, said the case documents.
The ACC investigation also implicated Mohammad Zahid Hossain, former deputy managing director of Japan Bangladesh Security Printing and Papers Limited, who signed the contract for the project and received Tk 74.36 lakh from Mujibul Haque without delivering the promised materials.
Apart from this, Mohammad Selim Pradhan, chairman of Japan Bangladesh Security Printing and Papers Limited, used to manage the bank account where the payment was deposited, said the case statement.
In another case, ACC approved a charge sheet against Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, director of the Department of Passport and Immigration in Sylhet, in a case filed on charges of accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 2.81 crore.
Meanwhile, the ACC has got an FDR worth Tk 35.21 crore at IFIC Bank in the name of the CRI.
ACC DG Md Akter Hossain said that the ACC鈥檚 enforcement team went to the CRI office but its office was found closed on Tuesday.
The ACC collected CRI鈥檚 banking records from various financial institutions, including Dutch-Bangla Bank, IFIC Bank and Sonali Bank and found an FDR worth Tk 35.21 crore at the IFIC Bank, he said.
He also said the ACC probe found that the CRI鈥檚 board of directors abused the state funds to implement political agendas.
The ACC found that the name of CRI Chairman Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed, Vice-Chairman Saima Wazed Putul and the trustees-- Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Nasrul Hamid-- were connected with the graft allegations, he added.
Beside, Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former LGRD minister and Awami League lawmaker for Faridpur-3, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, over graft allegations.
ACC public prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir said that the court passed the order allowing an ACC plea regarding allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
