Former land minister Saifuzzaman, wife face lawsuit over ‘Tk 520mn bribe’

Abdul Kadir Mollah of Thermex Group says he was intimidated into paying the bribe, according to the ACC

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started a case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukmila Zaman for allegedly accepting Tk 520 million in bribes.

The anti-graft agency accuses them of intimidating Abdul Kadir Mollah, managing director of Thermax Group, into paying the bribe in the lawsuit filed on Thursday.

A total of 11 people have been named in the case.

The case was filed by ACC Assistant Director Md Sajib Ahmed at the Dhaka-1 Integrated District Office, according to Deputy Director Akhtarul Islam.