The Anti-Corruption Commission approved a charge sheet against bdnews24.com editor-in-chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi in a case filed on charges of accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk听43 crore and laundering the money.
The commission approved the charges at its meeting held at its Segunbagicah headquarters on Monday, said an official of the commission.
Earlier, the commission鈥檚 deputy director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, also the investigation officer for the case, submitted the charge sheet to the commission in the case.
鈥楰halidi amassed Tk听43 crore beyond his known sources of income while he also laundered the money,鈥� according to the charge sheet.
In July 2020, the ACC filed the case with its integrated district office of Dhaka-1, accusing Khalidi of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk听42 crore.
During the inquiry, the commission interrogated Khalidi over the allegation while it also interrogated Riaz Islam, the chief executive officer of investment company LR Global, over its investment in Bdnews24.com.
LR Global is an affiliate of LR Managers Investments, a New York-based investment holding company operating in Bangladesh.
In October, 2020, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission halted LR Global鈥檚 investment in Bdnews24.com till the capital market regulator鈥檚 completing an assessment of the relevant document.
The BSEC said that its attention was drawn to a media report that Tk听50 crore would be invested in Bdnews24.com by LR Global or from funds managed by the asset manager.
LR Global is an asset management company that manages six closed-end mutual funds listed on the country鈥檚 stock exchanges.
The BSEC also asked all parties concerned with the matter to refrain from the activities of the investment before the regulator receives all documents and assesses them.
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