ACC sues ex-director of passport office Abdullah Al Mamun over amassing Tk2.8cr in illegal assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Abdullah Al Mamun, former director of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk2.81 crore.
Confirming the matter to the media today (4 February), anti-graft watchdog's Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain said Abdullah Al Mamun, the Dhaka division passport office director, accumulated assets beyond his known sources of income through abuse of power and corrupt activities during his tenure at the DIP.
This constitutes an offense under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, as well as Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, which is punishable by law, the ACC official added.
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Earlier on 14 October 2024, Abdullah Al Mamun was accused in an ACC case against former IGP Benazir Ahmed for concealing his identity while renewing his passport, and getting a new passport through fraud and forgery.
Besides Mamun, three other passport department officials were accused in the case.
The accused are Fazlul Haque and Munshi Muyeed Ekram, former directors of different divisional passport and visa offices; Sahena Haq, e-Passport and Automated Border Control Project technical manager.
