Dhaka, Feb 27 (V7N) –Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed three separate cases against former joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Dhananjay Kumar Das, deputy inspector general, (DIG) Mollah Nazrul Islam and former public relations officer Md Sharif Mahmud Apu on charges of acquiring illegal assets and unusual transactions in banks.
ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain confirmed the matter of the case at a press briefing in front of ACC headquarters in Dhaka.
According to the case statement, in the first case, former joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Dhananjay Kumar Das has been accused of acquiring undeclared assets worth Tk2.47 crore. In addition, he has been accused of making unusual and suspicious transactions worth around Tk6 crore in 14 bank accounts in his own name.
In the second case, former public relations officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs Sharif Mahmud Apu has been accused of acquiring undeclared assets worth Tk59 lakh.
In the third case, the accused DIG of the police Mollah Nazrul Islam, has been accused of acquiring undeclared assets worth Tk94 lakh in his own name.
Cases have been filed against the accused under Section 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004; Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Section 4 (2) (3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.
On October 9 last year, the ACC filed four separate cases against former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan, son Shafi Modacher Khan and daughter Shafia Tasnim Khan on charges of abuse of power, recruitment, bribery, money laundering and corruption.
On the same day, a case was also filed against Kamal's APS Monir Hossain. Asaduzzaman Khan has been accused in four cases. In these cases, the former Home Minister has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth about Tk100 crore.
After the change of power, on August 21 last year, the ACC summoned all transaction information from the bank accounts of Kamal's family and eight others, including his former PS Harun (Rashid Biswas), Dhananjay Kumar Das, administrative officer Molla Ibrahim Hossain, APS Monir Hossain and PRO Sharif Mahmud. On September 1, the court banned them from leaving the country.
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