ACC sues ex-MP Mostafizur, wife over corruption charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former lawmaker for Chattogram-16, Mostafizur Rahman Chowdhury, and his wife, Shaheen Akhter Chowdhury, on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 3 crore and conducting suspicious transactions of approximately Tk 22 crore through 27 bank accounts.

The cases were filed today by ACC Assistant Director Md Abdullah Al Mamun at the commission's integrated district office in Dhaka. Mostafizur has been made accused in both cases.According to the statement of one of the cases, Mostafizur, during his tenure as a lawmaker, misused his power to illegally acquire Tk 18.75 crore and attempted to conceal its source by conducting suspicious transactions through 21 bank accounts.

Additionally, evidence has been found of assets worth Tk 98.67 lakh that are inconsistent with his known sources of income.

Meanwhile, his wife, Shaheen, despite being a homemaker, allegedly attempted to legalise her husband's illegal wealth by presenting herself as a businesswoman. As part of this effort, she declared Tk 3.13 crore in transactions across six bank accounts in her tax records to hide the illicit source of funds. She has also been accused of money laundering by transferring, handling, or converting these funds.

Furthermore, she is alleged to have acquired assets worth Tk 2.06 crore, inconsistent with her declared sources of income, using her husband's illegally earned money. Thus, Shaheen has been named the principal accused in the second case while Mostafizur has been charged as an accomplice.