ACC confiscates Tk 100cr wealth of ex-Jubo League leader

UNB, Dhaka

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today confiscated assets worth Tk 100 crore of expelled Juba League office secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman.

Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan seized the assets, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya said.

The seized assets include a five-storey house in Kalabagan, two flats in Dhanmondi and Wari, three shops at Elephant Road and 13 square feet of commercial space and two shops at a market in Gulshan-2. 

The ACC also seized a luxurious house in Boalia of Muksudpur in Gopalganj, a petrol pump, 15 bighas of land worth Tk 30 crore and 40 kathas of land in Keraniganj. They have also detected a bank transaction of Tk 50 crore.

Earlier, the ACC seized income tax documents worth about Tk 16 crore from Kazi Anisur Rahman and his wife Sumi Rahman. 

On September 29, 2019, the ACC filed a case against Kazi Anisur Rahman for accumulating illegal wealth of Tk 12.80 crore and his wife Sumi Rahman for having illegal assets worth Tk 1. 31 crore.