ACC files corruption case against ex-addl secy Harun
Harun and his wife also made suspicious transactions of Tk57 crore through 9 bank accounts
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today (6 August) filed a case against former additional secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs Md Harun-or-Rashid Biswas for illegally acquiring wealth and making suspicious financial transactions.
ACC Director General (DG) Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the information to media at a briefing at the commission's headquarters in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.
The ACC DG stated that Harun-or-Rashid acquired and possessed illegal wealth worth more than Tk5 crore. This is contrary to his known source of income.
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Harun and his wife also made suspicious transactions of Tk57 crore through nine bank accounts of their business establishments.
According to his last year's tax return, his net wealth was worth over Tk7.17 crore, the DG added.
The ACC filed the case against him under section-27(1) of the ACC Act-2004, sub sections-2 and 3 under section-4 of the Money Laundering Prevention Act-2012 and section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act-1947.
