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He has obtained nine flats and houses worth Tk 320 million in New York’s Queens, the agency’s DG says
Published : 19 Mar 2025, 05:50 PM
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has accused former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Golap of amassing "illicit assets” worth over Tk 680 million at home and abroad, including nine flats and houses in the United States.
The anti-graft watchdog greenlit a graft case against Golap, the publicity and publications secretary of the party which was ousted from power by a mass uprising last year.
On Wednesday, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said the case was being processed at the commission’s integrated district Dhaka-1 office.
The agency’s Deputy Director Nurul Huda initiated the case, he added.
Regarding the allegations against the former Madaripur-3 MP, the ACC official said he had acquired nine flats and houses worth an estimated Tk 320 million in New York’s Queens through abuse of power, irregularities, and corruption.
Citing the complaint, he said that Golap had accumulated over Tk 690 million in assets, including Tk 323.4 million in immovable property, Tk 371.6 million as movable assets, and Tk 2.5 million in family expenses.
Highlighting Golap's legal and verifiable income amounted to Tk 104.4 million, the ACC official said he had acquired the remaining wealth of Tk 683.2 million "beyond known sources of income”.
In addition, the ACC investigation uncovered evidence of "unusual and suspicious transactions" of Tk 976.3 million in 51 bank accounts linked to Golap, according to Akhtar.
The ACC official added that Golap faces charges under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Section 5(2) of the Anti-Corruption Act, 1947, and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
Earlier on Jan 9, a court ordered the attachment of nine immovable properties in the US belonging to Golap and his family members.
At the same time, 53 bank accounts held by them were frozen.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following a petition filed by the ACC.
The court’s attachment order showed the movable and immovable assets and bank accounts were in the name of former lawmaker Golap, who is currently behind bars, his wife Gulshan Ara Mia, son Ivan Sobhan Mia, and daughter Anisha Golap Mia.
It also ordered the seizure of a five-storey house in Dhaka’s Mirpur owned by Golap and his family.
Of the properties in the US, eight are single-residential condo units and the other is a dual-family unit, according to the ACC.
Earlier on Oct 2, 2024, the same court had banned the former MP from travelling abroad.
Police arrested Golap, who went into hiding after the fall of the government, from a house in the capital’s Nakhalpara on Aug 25 last year.
There were multiple charges against him, including one involving a murder in Dhaka during the student-led mass uprising.
