ACC sues ex-minister Tajul Islam, wife over corruption charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mohammad Tazul Islam and his wife Fauzia Islam over graft charges.

They are the accused of acquiring assets inconsistent with his income sources earlier submitted to the ACC, said ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain.

He said former minister through abusing state power earnedTk7,80,20,937 through criminal misconduct and dishonest means which was not mentioned in his income sources.

Besides, he deposited Tk73,62,40, 439  in 35 bank-accounts while the ACC found in its investigation transferring and conserving a total of Tk1,39,74,98,117  in 35 bank-accounts in  different times and concealed his income sources, the ACC official mentioned in the briefing.

Meanwhile, a case was filed against his wife Fouzia Islam for acquiring assists worth about Tk69,02,004 without any valid documents of her sources of income.

Apart from this, she did suspicious transactions in 11 bank-accounts amounting Tk13,93,50,203 as deposited money while Tk13,18,44,975 as transferring and withdrawal amount.