Court asks for former MP Shamim Osman's tax records in graft probe
A Dhaka court has ordered the summoning of the income tax documents of former Narayanganj-4 lawmaker Shamim Osman as part of an ongoing corruption investigation.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Fayez issued the order today (3 November) following a hearing.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Relations Officer Akhtarul Islam confirmed the information, saying the order was passed after ACC Assistant Director Piyas Pal submitted an application seeking permission to obtain the documents.
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According to the application, a regular case has been filed against Shamim Osman under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
The case accuses him of acquiring and possessing assets worth Tk6.67 crore, inconsistent with his known sources of income while serving as a member of parliament.
It also alleges that he transferred and converted illicit funds through suspicious transactions amounting to Tk439.82 crore in nine bank accounts under his name and interests.
The ACC said the case is still under investigation and that Shamim Osman's income tax records — preserved at Tax Circle-4, Tax Zone-Narayanganj — are required for a proper review of his financial activities from the tax years 2009–10 to 2023–24.
Earlier, on 22 June, the same court ordered the attachment of a plot in Purbachal and nine kathas of land in Uttara belonging to Shamim Osman. The court also froze 29 bank accounts linked to him and his associates.
