ACC to prosecute Dastagir Gazi, wife over wealth beyond means

Suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 2.57 billion have been found from six of Dastagir’s bank accounts

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, is set to file a case against former textiles and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and his wife Hasina Gazi on charges of amassing wealth beyond their means and suspicious transactions from bank accounts.

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain on Wednesday said the agency has approved the filing of the case against them.

Dastagir, a former member of parliament from the Narayanganj-1 constituency, has been accused of amassing wealth worth over Tk 235 million.

Apart from this, suspicious transactions of Tk 2.57 billion were found from his six bank accounts.

An ACC investigation found assets worth Tk 4.48 billion in the name of Gazi, out of which his legal income was Tk 4.24 billion.

Hasina was found to have amassed wealth worth Tk 96.9 million. Information of suspicious transactions worth Tk 316.9 million has also been found from five of her bank accounts.

The anti-graft watchdog began an investigation against Dastagir in August 2023.

Most leaders of the Awami League have gone into hiding since the party’s President Sheikh Hasina resigned from her premiership and fled the country in the face of a student-led mass movement on Aug 5.

Later, on Aug 24, 2024, Dastagir was arrested from a relative’s house in Dhaka’s Shantinagar. He was shown arrested in the murder case of school student Roman Mia murder at Rupganj Police Station.