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Published : 11 Jan 2026, 08:37 PM
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case accusing former law minister Anisul Huq and three of his associates of laundering about Tk 250 million.
The case was lodged with Bhatara Police on Sunday, the CID said in a statement.
The other suspects in the case are Towfika Karim, also known by the surname Aftab, Rashedul Kawsar Bhuiyan and Md Kamruzzaman. Towfika and Rashedul were identified as Anisul’s close associates and Kamruzzaman as the then managing director of the National Bank of Pakistan.
Citing a probe by the Financial Crime Unit, the CID said the suspects, in collusion with each other, have extorted large amounts of money.The suspects used to extort individuals and organisations, with Tk 1 million received every month through the National Bank of Pakistan’s Gulshan branch, the case alleged.
Police announced the arrest of Anisul in Sadarghat, Dhaka, on Aug 13, 2024, eight days after the fall of the Awami League government.
He has since been interrogated in custody in connection with several cases, and is currently in prison.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating him over multiple allegations of amassing illegal wealth.
Anisul was last shown arrested on Jan 7 in a case filed over the murder of a man in Badda during the July Uprising, along with other high-profile suspects such as Salman F Rahman and former minister Dipu Moni.
On Jan 5, a Dhaka court ordered the seizure of Anisul’s three cars along with 2.36 hectares of land.
The new CID case alleged that after joining as managing director in the National Bank of Pakistan in 2015, Kamruzzaman regularly transferred money to Towfika’s personal account.
The case alleged that the suspects received Tk 108 million through the National Bank of Pakistan alone by Aug 5, 2024.
The CID claimed to have found another Tk 106 million transferred to Towfika’s personal account from different individuals and institutions. The CID described the money as “received through extortion”.
The case statement said Anisul appointed Towfika and Rashedul his personal assistants after becoming minister.
He also established an NGO called “Legal Assistance to Helpless Prisoners and Persons” and appointed Towfika as its chairman, Rashedul as the secretary general, and assumed the role of treasurer.
The NGO was used to extort individuals and organisations through its account at the Sonali Bank's Supreme Court branch, the case alleged.
According to the CID, from Mar 11, 2015 to Jun 30, 2024, Tk 245 million was deposited into the 26 accounts of Towfika with different banks.
