The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed two separate cases against former minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and his wife Parveen Chowdhury on charge of amassing illegal wealth.
Besides, the Dhaka Metropolitan Special Judge Court ordered the seizure of the income tax files of seven people, including former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and retired Appellate Division Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, in connection with graft allegations.
Tipu served as the commerce minister from January 2019 to January 2024 under the Awami League regime which was ousted on August 5 past year in a mass uprising.
ACC director general Md Akhter Hossain at a press briefing said that the commission filed two separate cases against AL leader and former minister Mofazzal and his wife over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk聽9.88 crore.
According to the case document, the commission鈥檚 deputy director, Mozammil Hossain, filed the two cases against the couple.
The former lawmaker earned allegedly illegal wealth worth about Tk聽1.83 crore by misusing power and through corruption and he made unusual and suspected transactions of Tk聽255.25 crore through his 16 bank accounts.
The commission also found that his wife Parveen earned moveable and immoveable assets and properties worth about Tk 8.06 crore by using and taking illegal influence and assistance of her husband.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez ordered the ACC to seize the income tax files of seven people, including Tipu and Shamsuddin.
The court issued the order following separate petitions submitted by the anti-graft agency.
The others whose tax documents have been ordered to be seized are former state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam, former state minister for disaster management and relief Md Enamur Rahman, former Cumilla-11 lawmaker Md Mujibul Haque, and former Pabna-5 lawmaker Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince and Tipu鈥檚 wife Irene Malvika Munshi.
Earlier, the commission filed cases against these seven people on allegations of abusing power to acquire illegal wealth during the tenure of Awami League regime.
