ACC to probe financial scam against Munni Saha, her husband

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate allegations against journalist Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain Taposh, owner of advertising agency MS Promotional, of amassing illegal assets, including suspicious transactions of Tk 134 crore in their accounts.

M Akhter Hossain, Director General (Prevention) of the ACC, the country’s anti-graft watchdog, disclosed the matter while briefing the journalists at the ACC’s Segunbagicha Headquarters on Thursday.

According to complaints and various sources, soon after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country in the face of the anti-discrimination students-people movement, Tk 120 crore was withdrawn from Munni Saha's deposits, keeping a balance of Taka 14 crore in the account, which has been seized earlier.

The transactions were made through 17 banks, mostly through One Bank, the investigation of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) revealed.

The BFJU has already seized Munni Sahar's bank account for illegal transactions.

After the political changeover on August 5, the BFIU asked to share the bank account details of Munni Saha on October 6, 2024.

Apart from her bank account issues, the investigator initially found a duplex house at 165 Santiniketan, Rojagreen in the Gulshan-Tezgaon Link Road area.
 
Munni Saha started her career in journalism with the daily Bhorer Kagoj. From there she went to Ekushey Television. Then she joined the ATN Bangla television channel.

A case was filed at Jatrabari Police Station under Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on August 22, 2024, for her alleged involvement in the murder of a student identified as Naeem Howlader (17) during the July-August Student-Public movement.

The deceased's father Kamrul Islam filed the case accusing Munni Saha, one of the 7 journalists, along with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, several ministers, MPs, members of Bangladesh Awami League, Jubo League, Bangladesh Chhatra League, and police and RAB officials.