The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed three cases against former Awami League lawmakers Md Saifuzzaman Shikhor and Abul Kalam Azad on charges of amassing illegal wealth and suspicious transactions in their bank accounts.
The commission also filed another case against deputy commissioner of police Md Shahjahan on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.40 crore.
All the four cases were filed with the agency鈥檚 Dhaka-1 integrated district office, said ACC director general for prevention Md Akhtar Hossain while briefing journalists at its headquarters in Dhaka city.
Of the four cases, one was filed against Saifuzzaman, a former lawmaker from Magura-1 on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.79 crore.
The commission in its inquiry found Saifuzzaman鈥檚 wealth worth Tk 5.44 crore. After scrutiny of the assets, it found that wealth worth Tk 3.64 crore was legally acquired, while the rest worth Tk 1.79 crore were illegal.
The agency also found suspicious transactions worth Tk 10.98 crore in his seven bank accounts.
One of the four cases has been filed against Saifuzzaman鈥檚 wife, Sima Rahman, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.16 crore. Saifuzzaman has also been made an accused in the case.
During inquiry, the commission found Sima鈥檚 total assets worth Tk 1.26 crore of which only assets worth Tk 10.16 lakh was legally acquired.
One of the cases has been filed against Abul Kalam Azad, a former lawmaker of the Gaibandha-4 constituency, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 6.10 crore.
The agency also found suspicious transactions of Tk 40.74 crore in his seven bank accounts.
It also decided to issue a notice to Abul Kalam Azad鈥檚 wife, Ruhul Ara Rahim, for submitting her wealth statement to the commission, as it found her wealth worth Tk 50.99 lakh beyond known sources of income during the probe of her husband鈥檚 wealth.
The ACC filed a case against deputy commissioner of police Md Shahjahan, who is now posted at the force鈥檚 Chattogram range office, on charges of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 1.40 crore.
It found that Shajahan, also former deputy commissioner of the Uttara zone of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, amassed wealth worth Tk 2.74 crore.
A scrutiny found that of this wealth Tk 1.34 crore worth assets were legally acquired, while the rest were amassed beyond known sources of income.
