The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed four cases against six people, including former food minister Qamrul Islam, former lawmakers Jannat Ara Henry and Shakwat Hasanur Rahman Rimon, on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
The commission also approved the filing of four separate cases against former聽 state minister for disaster management and relief Mohibur Rahman, former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury and his family members over allegations of corruption.
Besides, the Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge court imposed a travel ban on former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor and former lawmaker Sayeed Khokon and his family members over allegations of corruption.
The ACC filed a case against Qamrul, his son Tanzir Islam and daughter Segupta Islam with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 on charges of amassing illegal wealth, said ACC director general (prevention) Aktar Hossain.
According to the case statement, Qamrul, Tanzir and Segupta amassed illegal wealth worth Tk 6.29 crore, Tk聽1.46 crore and Tk聽1.10 crore respectively.
Besides, the ACC filed two separate cases with its integrated district office in Pabna against former AL lawmaker from the Sirajganj-2 constituency Jannat Ara Henry and her husband Md Shamim Talukder on charges of amassing illegal wealth.
According to the cases鈥� statements, Henry amassed wealth worth Tk 57.13 crore and her husband Shamim amassed assets worth Tk 20.47 crore beyond known sources of income.
Apart from these, there are also allegations of suspicious transactions of Tk 3,893 crore in 49 bank accounts of the couple.
ACC deputy assistant secretary Subal Chakma filed a case with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1 against former lawmaker from Bogura-2 constituency Shakwat Hasanur Rahman Rimon on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽35.96 crore.
The ACC also approved the filing of three separate cases against former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury, and his daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury, for not submitting their wealth statements to the commission.
The ACC gave the approval at a meeting of the commission held at its Segun Bagicha headquarters in the capital Dhaka, said ACC deputy director for public relations Aktarul Islam.
Earlier, the ACC had issued notices to the three graft suspects to submit their wealth statements to the commission, but they did not submit the reports, he said.
SK Sur Chowdhury has been under scrutiny by the ACC for his alleged links to Former NRB Global Bank managing director Prashanta Kumar Haldar, also known as PK Halder.
PK Halder, also the prime accused in several dozen cases of financial crimes in Bangladesh, was arrested in Ashoknagar, India on May 14, 2022 on charges of money laundering. But he recently got bail in the money laundering case.
Earlier, the ACC froze the bank accounts of SK Sur, his wife and his daughter as part of an inquiry into allegations of tax evasion against the three.
Later, in July 2022, the National Board of Revenue directed banks to freeze the bank accounts of SK Sur and his wife Suparna.
The ACC also approved the filing of a case against former state minister Mohibur Rahman over allegations of amassing Tk聽3.92 crore beyond known sources of income.
Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge Md Ibrahim Miah imposed a travel ban on former DSCC mayor Sayeed Khokon, his wife Farhana Sayeed, mother Shahana Hanif, and brother Javed Ahmed over allegations of corruption.
The court issued the travel bans following a petition submitted by ACC deputy director Masudur Rahman seeking the ban.