Home
+
Published : 31 Jul 2025, 03:51 PM
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a fresh case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his family members over allegations of embezzlement and laundering Tk 150 million from United Commercial Bank (UCB).
Md Mainuddin, assistant director of the ACC, initiated the case at the commission's Chattogram district office on Thursday.
According to ACC Deputy Director Subel Ahmed of the Chattogram office, the other accused include Saifuzzaman’s wife and former UCB chairperson Rukhmila Zaman, 46, his brother and UCB Director Asifuzzaman Chowdhury, 46, and his sisters Roxana Zaman Chowdhury, 56, and Afroza Zaman Chowdhury.
A total of 28 individuals have been named in the case, including staff associated with the UCB and the Aramit Group.
According to the case statement, Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, an officer at Aramit Cement owned by Asifuzzaman, was falsely presented as the proprietor of a firm called “Reliable Trading”.
UCB’s Chattogram Port Branch approved a “working capital” loan of Tk 150 million under his name. That money was later used to pay off the liabilities of Aramit Cement and Aramit Thai Aluminium.
Other suspects in the case are UCB employees Abu Hena Md Fakhrul Islam, 40, Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury, 58, Ziaul Karim Khan, 46, Mohammad Abdul Awal, 58, Mir Mesbah Uddin Hossain, 62, Abdul Hamid Chowdhury, 50, Bazlul Ahmed Babul, 56; former directors Akhtar Matin Chowdhury, 74, MA Sabur, 77, Yunus Ahmed, 79, Nurul Islam Chowdhury, 62, Bashir Ahmed, 55, Syed Kamruzzaman, 61, Shah Alam, 62, Jonaid Shafique, 64, Kanak Kanti Sen, 60, Aparup Chowdhury, 65, Touhid Shipar Rafiquzzaman, 66, and former acting managing director Arif Quadri, 64.
The accused from the Aramit Group, a family business owned by Saifuzzaman, are Mohammad Misbahul Alam, 50, Abdul Aziz, 39, and Shahriar Hossain, 49.
Earlier on Jul 24, the anti-graft watchdog filed a separate case against the former minister over the embezzlement of Tk 250 million.
