The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her adviser on information and communication technology affairs, for his alleged involvement in amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 60.14 crore.
ACC director general Akhtar Hossain, at a press briefing at the commission headquarters, said that the commission approved to file the case against Sajeeb Wazed over the graft charges.
The ACC inquiry found that Sajeeb amassed immovable assets worth Tk 54,39,20,978 and movable assets worth Tk 6,78,84,891.
Including expenses, his total assets amounted to Tk 61,18,05,869. In contrast, his acceptable income was Tk 1,32,08,542.
As a result, the amount of his illegal assets stood at Tk 60.14 crore.
ACC DG Aktar Hossain said that Sajeeb Wazed amassed the assets by abusing his power as a public servant when he was the ICT adviser to the deposed prime minister.
鈥楬e laundered the money to the USA through Hundi or other ways, and purchased two houses spending Tk 54.04 crore in the USA,鈥� he added.
Sajeeb also concealed information of the Tk 54.04 crore in his income tax file, said the ACC inquiry report.
Sajeeb also conducted suspicious transactions of Tk 57.50 crore in his two bank accounts of Sonali Bank at Ganabhaban branch in Dhaka between 2000 and 2025.
On January 14, the commission filed a case against Sajeeb Wazed, her mother Sheikh Hasina and 14 others on charges of corruption in allotting Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha鈥檚 land plots at the Purbachal New Town project.
