The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed separate cases against former Awami League lawmakers AM Naimur Rahman Durjoy and Nizamuddin Hazari for their alleged involvement in amassing illegal wealth.
The commission also formed a three-member inquiry team to probe against former National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre director general Major General (retired) Ziaul Ahsan over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption and abusing power.
ACC deputy director Nurul Huda filed a case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 against former AL lawmaker for Feni-2 constituency, Md Nizam Uddin Hazari, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 18.72 crore, said ACC director general Aktar Hossain.
According to the case statement, Nizam Hazari deposited Tk 280.14 crore and withdrew Tk 268.66 crore from his 82 bank accounts. Now, he has Tk 12.61 crore in his bank accounts.
Besides, ACC director Abul Hasnat filed a case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 against former lawmaker for Manikganj-1 constituency and former captain of the National cricket team, Naimur Rahman Durjoy, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 11.21 crore.
The case states that Durjoy took Tk 4.22 crore from Manikganj Power Generation Limited by abusing his power as a lawmaker.
After the fall of the Awami League government amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, the ACC in September started an inquiry against former lawmakers Durjoy and Nizam Hazari on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
Meanwhile, the ACC on Wednesday formed a three-member inquiry team led by ACC deputy director Salauddin to carry out an inquiry against former NTMC director general Major General (retired) Ziaul Ahsan over graft charges.
The two other inquiry team members are ACC assistant director Ranjit Kumar Sarkar and deputy assistant director Jabed Hasan Sajal.
Over the past decade of his career, Ziaul Ahsan has been criticised for his involvement in controversial activities, including enforced disappearances of the leaders and activists of opposition political parties.
The former army official Ziaul Ahsan also served in RAB and National Security Intelligence at top posts of the agencies during the AL regime.
After the fall of the AL regime, a number of murder cases were filed against Ziaul Ahsan, and he is now in jail in connection with the cases.
