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Download PDF The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved the submission of two charge sheets against former post and telecommunications minister barrister Aminul Huq, Faisal Morshed Khan, son of former foreign minister M Morshed Khan, and Faisal’s wife Shyama Sejan Khan for ill-gotten money.
The anti-graft body also decided to file a corruption case against Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah and his wife Nilufa Zafar Ullah for amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income.
While briefing journalists, ACC Director General (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal said the ACC would file a case against five people including Proshika Chairman Kazi Faruq Ahmed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2002 for illegal international money transfers and transactions.
“The case will be filed against Faruq and four others for illegal transaction and transfer of $24,690 on the pretext of scholarship,” said Hanif.
Despite having a parent account, he said, the accused opened a separate account and transferred the money from a $53,366.38-fund that came for the poor through Proshika.
The other accused are Mahbubul Karim, senior vice president of Proshika, David William Biswas, a former director of Proshika, M Yusuf Ali Mia, chief financial officer of Proshika, and Mirza Aminur Rahman, director of Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered Bank.
Former BNP minister Aminul Huq and M Mofiz Uddin, Chanduria Union Parishad chairman under Tanor upazila, caused Tk 16,15,522.16 loss to the state exchequer by unnecessarily constructing a footbridge at a location insignificant for the public, Hanif said.
Charge will be pressed against Faisal Khan and his wife for amassing about Tk 7.8 crore beyond their known sources of income and concealing of information worth about Tk 6.93 crore.
Now detained Kazi Zafruaah and his wife will be sued for illegally amassing over Tk 19 crore beyond their known sources of income, said the ACC director general.
Commenting on rumours about the resignation of the ACC chairman, Hanif said, “A rumour is a rumour…. The chairman is now on a personal vacation abroad.”
About allegations of corruption against other NGOs, he said the ACC has been working on specific allegations. “We will act if any corruption is detected and exposed against any NGO.”
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