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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed cases against former railway minister and Rajbari-2 MP Zillul Hakim, his wife Saida Hakim and son Ashiq Mahmud Mitul for allegedly acquiring illegal assets and making unusual bank transactions.
The ACC has filed three separate cases against Zillul Hakim and his family while the ACC began investigating corruption allegations against Zillul Hakim on August 29 last year, UNB reports.
The MP won the 2014, 2018, and 2024 parliamentary elections with the nomination of Awami League.
In the first case, the former railway minister has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 242.9 million (Tk 24.29 crore) and making unusual bank transactions worth Tk 2.79 billion (Tk 278.82 crore).
In the second case, Zillul Hakim is accused along with his wife, Saida Hakim. Saida Hakim has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 40 million (Tk 4 crore) and making unusual transactions worth Tk 202.4 million (Tk 20.24 crore) in 6 bank accounts in her name.
Zillul Hakim and his son Ashiq Mahmud Mitul have been accused in the third case.
The case statement says that his wife and son have become wealthy due to Zillul Hakim's illegal assets. Mitul has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth TK 26.2 million (Tk 2.62 crore).
On the other hand, the Commission has filed a case against former member of parliament from Mymensingh-10 Fahmi Golandaz Babel and his wife Sharmin Golandaz on the same charges.
In the first case, Fahmi has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 201.1 million (Tk 20.11 crore) and making unusual transactions worth TK 609.8 million (Tk 60.98 crore) and USD 171,646 in 16 bank accounts.
In the second case, Fahmi and his wife Sharmin have been accused, while Sharmin has been accused of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 12.9 million (Tk 1.29 crore) and making unusual transactions worth Tk 31.7 million (Tk 3.17 crore) in three bank accounts.