ACC files 3 cases against RCC’s ex-mayor Liton, family

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed three cases against Awami League presidium member and former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and his wife and daughter on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth around TK 290 million.

ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain said this at a press briefing in its headquarters in Dhaka, reports UNB.

Liton, who has been in hiding since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 last year, is accused in the first case of abusing power and illegally accumulating assets worth TK 103.5 million while performing his duties.

Besides, there are allegations of suspicious transactions worth Tk 522.3 million through 12 bank accounts in his name.

Liton has been named as an accused along with his wife, Shaheen Akhter, in the second case.

The complaint in this case states that Shaheen Akhtar, with the help of her husband, has acquired assets worth Tk 114.1 million beyond their known sources of income through bribery and corruption by abusing power.

The ACC has also found evidence of suspicious transactions worth over Tk 760 million in 13 bank accounts in her name.

In the third ACC case, Khairuzzaman Liton’s daughter Anika Fariha Zaman has been accused along with her.

Anika has been accused of acquiring assets worth TK 68.1 million beyond her known sources of income through corruption in connivance with her father. Besides, suspicious transactions worth TK 24.4 million have been identified in five bank accounts in her name. Liton has also been accused in this case.

The accused in the three cases have been charged under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012 and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.

The ACC announced the launching of an investigation against Liton on December 31 last year while the court ordered a ban on Khairuzzaman Liton, his wife Shaheen Akhter, and two daughters Anika Fariha Zaman and Maysa Samiha Zaman, from leaving the country last month.