The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved three separate cases against former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and his family, accusing them of acquiring illegal wealth amounting to Tk 25 crore.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated three separate legal cases against former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and his family members, accusing them of accumulating Tk 25 crore in illicit assets. The approval for these cases was granted on Sunday at the ACC’s head office in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, where the commission’s Director General (Prevention) Akhtar Hossain briefed the media.
According to the authorized cases, Shajahan Khan is accused of illegally accumulating assets worth Tk 11 crore 36 lakh 51 thousand, with further allegations of suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 86 crore 69 lakh in his bank accounts.
The second case involves Shajahan Khan’s wife, Syeda Rokeya Begum, who has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 4 crore 47 lakh.
In the third case, their son, Anisur Rahman, is accused of accumulating Tk 9 crore 89 lakh in illegal wealth.
Liberty News’ national correspondent reports these cases have drawn attention to the family’s alleged involvement in corrupt activities, with the ACC intensifying its efforts to investigate and address corruption within high-ranking officials’ families.
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