The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed five separate cases against five people, including former fisheries and livestock minister Abdur Rahman and home ministry鈥檚 former joint secretary Dhananjoy Kumar Das, on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
The cases were filed with the commission鈥檚 integrated district office in Dhaka-1 following approval of the commission, said ACC director general Aktar Hossain at a briefing on the day.
According to the case document, a case was filed against Abdur Rahman, also a former lawmaker of Awami League from the Faridpur-1 constituency, on charges of amassing assets worth Tk 1.72 crore beyond known sources of income and suspicious transactions of Tk 3,891 crore.
The anti-graft agency also filed a case against Abdur Rahman鈥檚 wife Mirza Nahida Hossain on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 6.30 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 26.56 crore in her 26 bank accounts.
Abdur Rahman is also accused along with his wife in the case, said the case statement.
Besides, the ACC filed a case against former joint secretary Dhananjoy Kumar Das on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 2.47 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 5.90 crore in his 14 bank accounts.
Another case was filed against former deputy inspector general of police Mollah Nazrul Islam on charges of amassing assets worth Tk 94.4 lakh beyond known sources of income.
The ACC also filed a case against the home ministry鈥檚 former public relations officer, Sharif Mahmud Apu, for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 58.99 lakh.
After the fall of the Awami league government amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024, the ACC had started inquiries into allegations against them of corruption and amassing illegal wealth.
