CID charges former Awami League minister Holam Dastagir Gazi with ‘money laundering’

The former Awami League minister is currently in prison

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has brought charges of money laundering against former textiles and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi and seven others involving Tk 870 million.

The CID informed the media about the filing of the case on Thursday.

The suspects in the case include his personal secretary and six others.

Identifying the suspects as members of an organised gang, the case stated through fraud and extortion, the suspects created fake documents and forcibly occupied, transferred, and converted 971.74 hectares of land, valued at Tk 870 million, at the current market price.

The case then named a list of victims of the gang.

Dastagir Gazi was arrested on Aug 24 last year after the fall of the Awami League government in the July Uprising. He also stands accused in a murder case along with former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.