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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against Md. Saifuzzaman (Shikhor), former personal assistant to ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former member of parliament for Magura-1, and his wife Sima Rahman.
The charges include the accumulation of illegal wealth worth Tk 29.5 million and suspicious transactions of nearly Tk 110 million in their bank accounts.
The cases were filed on Tuesday at the ACC's Dhaka integrated office, confirmed by the organisation’s Director General Akhtar Hossain.
The case against Md. Saifuzzaman (Shikhor) alleges that, while holding a position of responsibility, he abused his power to acquire wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The ACC found that he accumulated and retained illegal assets worth Tk 17.96 million.
He is also accused of conducting suspicious and abnormal transactions amounting to Tk 109.88 million through seven personal and business bank accounts.
The case against his wife, Sima Rahman, accuses her of amassing wealth worth Tk 11.60 million beyond her known sources of income.
Md. Saifuzzaman has been named as a co-accused in this case for allegedly assisting his wife.
The cases have been filed under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
On October 15, 2024, the ACC imposed a travel ban on Saifuzzaman Shikhor and Sima Rahman to prevent them from leaving the country amid the ongoing inquiry.
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