The Anti-Corruption Commission issued separate notices on Tuesday asking former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, National Board of Revenue official Matiur Rahman, and their family members to submit their wealth statements within 21 working days to the commission.
The commission recently launched two separate inquiries against Benazir and Matiur and their family members over allegations of amassing illegal wealth and money laundering.
ACC secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen came up with the information in a press briefing at the commission鈥檚 Segun Bagicha headquarters in Dhaka.
She said that the commission had issued a notice asking Benazir, his wife, Jissan Mirza, and his daughters, Farheen Rishta and Tahsin Risa, to submit wealth statements.
Apart from this, ACC also asked Matiur and his first wife, Layla Kaniz, their son, Tofiqur Rahman Arnab, and daughter, Farzana Rahman聽 Ipsita, and Matiur鈥檚 second wife, Shammi Akhtar, to submit wealth statements, she said.
The ACC secretary also said that notices had been issued to find out whether the members of these two families possessed any other assets apart from those seized by authorities.
She said that the preliminary probe found information about the acquisition of assets beyond known sources of income in the names of Benazir, his wife Jissan, and their two daughters, Farheen and Tahsin.
The ACC, based on a media report, decided on April 18 to probe allegations of amassing illegal wealth by Benazir and his family.
Benazir and his family members, who are now staying aboard, also failed to appear before the ACC, even though the commission had fixed two separate dates for their appearance in the past month over the allegations.
During the inquiry, ACC found a huge amount of wealth owned by Benazir and his family, and a Dhaka court ordered the seizure of a total of 697 bigha of land, 12 flats in Dhaka, and shares in 21 companies in the name of Benazir and his family.
The court also ordered the freezing of a Tk 30 lakh investment in savings certificates, 33 bank accounts, and three BO (Beneficiary Owner鈥檚) accounts.
Matiur was president of NBR鈥檚 Customs, Excise, and VAT Appellate Tribunal before he was removed from the position by the finance ministry on June 23 following the goat scandal involving his son that brought his assets under public scrutiny.
Matiur was already facing an inquiry by the ACC for the fifth time in the past two decades. In 2004, the ACC launched the first investigation against Matiur, while it conducted three more inquiries in 2008, 2013, and 2021 without any breakthrough.
On June 4, the ACC, in its meeting, decided to launch a fresh inquiry into the corruption allegations brought against him and his family members over graft allegations.
A Dhaka court on June 24 imposed the travel ban on Matiur, Layla Kaniz, and their son Ahmed Taufiqur Rahman Arnob, allowing a plea from the ACC.
Matiur鈥檚 first wife, Layla Kaniz, also chairman of Raipura upazila parishad in Narsingdi, submitted a petition to the Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court on Sunday, seeking the withdrawal of the travel ban imposed against her by the court.
The court set July 28 for holding a hearing on the petition.
It was reported that using illegal income, Matiur and his family became owners of resorts, shooting spots, bungalows, land, and other properties.
But Matiur denied the graft allegations, saying that the ACC gave him clean chits four times in the past.