ACC sues ex-MP Bahar, his family

Staff Reporter :

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed cases against ousted Awami League (AL)Cumilla metropolitan unit president and former lawmaker of Cumilla-6 Haji AKM Bahauddin Bahar and his daughter Cumilla City Corporation former mayor Tahseen Bahar Shuchona, on charges of acquiring illegal wealth and their suspicious financial transactions.

ACC director general (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain said the anti-graft watchdog filed the cases with its integrated district office in Dhaka-1.

He informed it in a press briefing held at ACC’s Segunbagicha headquarter on Monday afternoon.
Former lawmaker Bahauddin Bahar was sued on charge of acquiring wealth worth Tk 67.43 crore illegally. An investigation against Bahar found that his total wealth worth Tk 73.15 crore and of which only Tk 5.72 crore was legally accounted for. The rest of the wealth of Tk 67.43 crore is unexplained.

In addition, the inquiry revealed that Bahar had engaged in suspicious transactions amounted to Tk 258.68 crore through 29 of his bank accounts.

Besides, Shuchona is accused of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 3.05 crore. According to the investigation, her total wealth amounted to Tk 5.97 crore, of which Tk 2.92 crore was estimated legal and Tk 3.05 crore unexplained. Furthermore, she was found engaged in suspicious transactions of Tk 42.58 crore through 16 of her bank accounts.