Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against Awami League leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Abdus Sobhan Golap over allegations of amassing illegal wealth and engaging in suspicious financial transactions.
ACC Director General Aktar Hossain announced the decision at a press briefing held at the commission’s headquarters on Wednesday.
According to ACC findings, Golap accumulated over Tk 68 crore from undisclosed sources, while Tk 97.63 crore was transacted through 53 bank accounts under suspicious circumstances.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court has ordered the attachment of all movable and immovable assets belonging to Golap, his wife Gulshan Ara Mia, son Ivan Sobhan Mia, and daughter Anisha Golap Mia.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain issued the order on January 19 following an ACC petition. Among the seized assets is a five-story house in Mirpur registered under Golap and his family members.
Additionally, nine properties in the United States have been attached-eight single-unit residential properties and one dual-family unit.
Furthermore, the court has frozen 53 bank accounts associated with Golap and his family.
The allegations against Golap first surfaced on January 13, 2023, when the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a global investigative journalism platform, published a report detailing his undisclosed overseas assets.
Reports indicate that he purchased multiple properties in New York worth USD 4 million but failed to disclose them while contesting the last parliamentary election.
