The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money.
The commission also filed a case against Md Jahangir Alam, the project director of the Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Project, allegedly for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 29 crore.
ACC director general Md Akhter Hossain, addressing a press briefing at the commission鈥檚 headquarters in Dhaka, said that the cases were filed with the ACC鈥檚 integrated district office in Dhaka-1.
ACC deputy director Rezaul Karim filed a case against a former lawmaker for reserved seat for women, Syeda Rubina Akter Meera, allegedly for acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 1.57 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 278 crore through her 10 bank accounts.
ACC assistant director Md Anwar Hossain filed another case against Rubina鈥檚 husband, Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja, over allegations of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 1.26 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 36.74 crore through his three bank accounts.
ACC assistant director SM Rashedul Hasan filed a case against Md Jahangir Alam, the project director of Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Project, on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 29 crore.
The commission also found suspicious transactions of Tk 127 crore through 94 accounts of Jahangir Alam, said the case statement.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on 14 individuals associated with the business conglomerate S Alam Group in connection with graft allegations.
Judge Md Jakir Hossain passed the order after the ACC deputy director Tahasin Munabil Haque had submitted a petition to prevent the suspects from leaving the country during an ongoing money laundering probe, said ACC public relations officer Akterul Islam.
The 14 people who are facing the travel restriction include S Alam Group chair鈥檚 personal secretary Md Akij Uddin, Union Bank鈥檚 former managing director ABM Mozammel Haque, businessmen Md Nazrul Islam, Md Almas Ali, Bedar Ul Islam, Md Jasim Uddin, Roksana Khatun, Robia Khatun, Nasir Uddin, Muhammad Saif Uddin, Md Golamur Rahman, SM Jamal Uddin, Hasmat Ara Begum, and Md Saifu Uddin.
According to the petition, the ACC has formed an inquiry team to probe allegations of money laundering involving entities and individuals linked to S Alam Group.
The commission said that it had received credible information that several of the suspects might attempt to flee the country, which could hinder the ongoing inquiry.
