The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against 72 banks in the name of Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon alias Nixon Chowdhury and his wife Tareen Hossain, former Member of Parliament of Faridpur-4 Constituency, alleging abnormal transactions of Tk 3,162 crore. In the case, they have been accused of acquiring illegal wealth of around 19.5 crore rupees.
Two cases have been filed in ACC's Dhaka Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1 today, Thursday. Director General of the organization. Akter Hossain informed this information.
According to the statement of the case filed against Nixon Chowdhury, during his tenure as a Member of Parliament, he misused his power through various irregularities and corruption and acquired known non-income assets of Tk 11 crore 23 lakh 62 thousand 435 and kept them in his possession.
Apart from this, he has made unusual transactions of Tk 1 thousand 402 crore 51 lakh 88 thousand 591 by using 55 banks in his own name and various institutions related to his interests. He has tried to hide it by transferring, transferring and converting the proceeds of crime. Assistant director of the commission. Ferdous Rahman filed the case as plaintiff.
In another case, Nixon's wife, Tareen Hossain, was charged. Nixon Chowdhury along with his wife have been made co-accused. The plaintiff in this case is Assistant Director of ACC Mohammad Shihab Salam.
It is known from the statement of the case that Tarin Hossain has acquired known non-income assets of Tk 8 crore 5 lakh 92 thousand 708 with the direct support of her husband. At the same time, he used 17 bank accounts in his own name and those of various organizations related to his interests to make a total of Tk 1,760,34,51,320 worth of unusual transactions.
Allegations of illegal assets and money laundering were prima facie proved against them under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act-1947 and Section 4(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012. ) Two cases have been filed under section (3). In view of ACC's application, the court banned Nixon Chowdhury and his wife Tareen Hossain from traveling abroad on October 23.
Nixon Chowdhury is a relative of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Allegedly, apart from dominating the area, former MP Nixon has acquired huge wealth in name and anonymity. Plots and flats in Purbachal, Adabar, Gulshan and Banani in Dhaka in his own and family name. Apart from this, there is information about his residence in Singapore, Australia, Canada.
Meanwhile, the ACC filed a case against Anwarul Ashraf Khan, the former Member of Parliament of Narsingdir-II Constituency, and his related institutions in the name of 30 banks, alleging abnormal transactions of Tk 441 crore. In the case, Anwarul Ashraf Khan and his wife Afroza Sultana have been accused of acquiring known non-pecuniary assets of around Tk 15 crore.
In one case, Awami League former member of Parliament Anwarul Ashraf Khan has been accused of acquiring 11 crore 82 lakh 90 thousand 317 taka known non-income assets.
In another case, Afroja Sultana has been accused of acquiring 3 crore 98 lakh 59 thousand 750 known non-income assets. Along with Afroza, her husband Anwarul Ashraf Khan has also been made an accused in this case for helping to acquire assets other than known income.
