The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed six cases against six people, including former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and former National Board of Revenue member Matiur Rahman, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 85.32 crore.
The six separate cases were filed with the ACC integrated district office in Dhaka-1, said ACC director general (prevention) Md Aktar Hossain.
Of the cases, four were filed against Benazir, his wife Jissan Mirza, and their daughters Farheen Rishta and Tahseen Raisa, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽74.13 crore.
The ACC filed a case against Benazir on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 9.64 crore and concealing information of wealth worth Tk 2.62 crore.
The second case was filed against Benazir and Jissan on charges of accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 31.69 crore and concealing information of wealth worth Tk聽16.1 crore by Jissan.
The third case was filed against Benazir and Farheen for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽8.75 crore by Farheen, while the fourth case was filed against Benazir and Tahseen on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽5.59 crore.
Two other cases were filed against Matiur and his wife Shammi Akhtar Shibli on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽11.18 crore.
One of the two cases was filed against Matiur on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 5.28 crore and concealing information of wealth worth Tk聽1.27 crore.
The second case was filed against Matiur and Shammi on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽1.87 crore and concealing information of wealth worth Tk聽2.75 crore by Shammi.
Amid massive allegations of corruption published in the media, the anti-corruption agency on April 18 decided to run an inquiry into the assets of Benazir and his family members.
Later, Benazir left the country.
On December 10, 2021, the United States declared the then-IGP Benazir ineligible for entry into the country for 鈥榞ross violations of human rights鈥� while serving as the director general of the Rapid Action Battalion.
On June 4, the ACC decided to launch an inquiry into the corruption allegations against Matiur and his family members.
The former revenue board official faced the anti-corruption inquiry for the fifth time in the past two decades.
In 2004, the commission launched the first inquiry against Matiur, which was followed by three more enquiries in 2008, 2013 and 2021 without any breakthrough.
Matiur was exposed to public scrutiny after a video footage went viral on social media showing his second wife鈥檚 son, Mushfiqur Rahman Ifat, buying a goat for Tk聽12 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in June.
