The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved a charge sheet against former Sonali Bank managing director and chief executive officer Md聽 Humayun Kabir and his wife Ayesha Begum Rita in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
The commission approved the charge sheet at its headquarters in the capital鈥檚 Segun Bagicha against Humayun Kabir and his wife, said ACC deputy director (public relations) Aktarul Islam.
Earlier, ACC assistant director AKM Mortaja Ali, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the commission for the approval.
On March 16, 2023, ACC deputy director Md Faruk Ahmed filed the case with its integrated district office of Dhaka-1 against Humayun Kabir on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
According to the charge sheet, Humayun Kabir and his wife Ayesha amassed movable and immovable wealth worth Tk聽1.09 crore beyond their known sources of income.
Apart from this, the couple also concealed information of wealth worth Tk聽13.14 lakh in their wealth statement submitted to the ACC.
Humayun Kabir is a charge-sheeted accused in 38 cases filed on charges of embezzling Tk聽3,500 crore from Sonali Bank in the name of loans by six entities, including the Hall Mark Group.
In July 2023, Humayun Kabir was also sentenced to 17 years鈥� imprisonment in a case filed with Ramna police station in 2012.