Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against former state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on charges of having illegal assets worth about Tk 6 crore and suspicious transactions worth more than TK 13 crore.
Director General of ACC Md. Akhter Hossain shared the information with reporters about the case filed by ACC ‘s assistant director Minhaj Bin Islam.
He said that Khalid, also a former MP from Dinajpur-2 constituency, acquired assets worth TK 5.74 in consistent with his known sources of income. In addition, there are allegations of suspicious transactions totaling TK 13 crore in 11 bank accounts and five credit card accounts in his name.
The accused has been charged under Section 27(1) of the ACC Act 2004, Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947, and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2012.
