
ACC probing ‘suspicious’ bank transactions of Tk 1.25bn by eight top BNP leaders
Staff Correspondent bdnews24.com
Published: 2018-04-02 21:12:59.0 BdST Updated: 2018-04-02 21:34:18.0 BdST
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched an investigation into an allegation of ‘suspicious’ bank transactions of Tk 1.25 billion by eight top leaders of the BNP in 30 days.
They are National Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Nazrul Islam Khan, vice-chairmen Abdul Awal Mintoo, M Morshed Khan, Joint Secretary General Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel and Executive Member Tabith Awal.
The ACC is also investigating Morshed Khan’s businessman son Faisal Morshed Khan and Dhaka Bank Managing Director Syed Mahbubur Rahman on the same allegation.
ACC Deputy Director Hrithik Saha ordered the investigation in a letter on Monday.
According to the letter, the allegation against the BNP leaders is ‘suspicious’ transaction of Tk 1.25 billion through money laundering, and securing assets from unknown sources through these transactions in a period of 30 days.
An ACC official, requesting anonymity, told bdnews24.com the BNP leaders, in collusion with officials of different private banks, were making the transactions to ‘finance violence’ and ‘launder money’.
ACC Deputy Director Md Shamsul Alam is heading the investigation with Assistant Director Md Salah Uddin helping him.
They will also look into the allegation against the BNP leaders of acquiring assets from unknown sources.
The BNP earlier alleged the government was using the ACC to persecute its rivals instead of stopping irregularities in banks and catching the people in the ruling Awami League who have ‘looted’ money from the banks.
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