The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday approved two cases against Rupali Insurance Company Limited chairman Mostafa Golam Quddus and three others for their alleged involvement in corruption.
The commission also decided to file a case against former Manikganj jail super Md Bajlur Rashid Akhanda and his wife Nasima Sultana聽 for amassing illegal wealth.
The ACC also summoned Awami League leader and former state minister for Housing and Public Works, Md Sharif Ahmed, to appear in the ACC on October 30 to face interrogation in connection with graft allegations against him.
ACC officials said that the commission, at its meeting held at ACC headquarters, approved a case against four people, including Rupali Insurance chairman Mostafa Golam Quddus and three others, over an allegation of embezzling Tk 3.62 crore by selling shares through forgery.
The other three people are Rupali Insurance director Shawon Ahmed, his mother Tahera Aktar, and Sirajuddin Khan.
According to the findings by the ACC, Rupali Insurance鈥檚 chairman and director, in collusion with the other two persons, sold 18,31,864 shares worth Tk 3.62 crore through forgery and misuse of power.
ACC deputy director for public relations, Aktarul Islam, said that the case would be filed against the four within one or two days.
Meanwhile, ACC approved a case against former Manikganj Jail super Bajlur Rashid Akhanda and his wife Nasima Sultana for their alleged involvement in corruption.
There are allegations that Manikganj former jail super Bajlur amassed a huge amount of money through various corruption, including taking bribe while he was posted as jail super at Cox鈥檚 Bazar central jail.
On September 19, the government sent Bajlur Rashid to forced retirement as a part of a reshuffle in the prison of Bangladesh.
The ACC summoned former state minister Sharif Ahmed, also a former lawmaker for Mymensing-2 constituency, to appear in the commission headquarters in the capital鈥檚 Segunbagicha on December 30 to face interrogation.
ACC deputy director Nurul Huda sent a letter to his addresses in Dhaka and Mymensing asking him to appear at 12:00 noon on December 30 for the sake of a fair probe.
There are allegations that Sharif Ahmed and his family members amassed illegal wealth through embezzling public money and abusing power as a state minister.