ACC seeks top BNP leaders’ bank info

Anti-Corruption Comm-ission (ACC) sent letters to seven banks on Wednesday, seeking bank information of ten people, including eight top leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The commission on Monday (April 2) launched an investigation into an allegation of 'suspicious' bank transactions of Tk 1.25 billion in 30 days by eight top BNP leaders.

The letters, signed by ACC deputy director Md Shamsul Islam, were sent to HSBC Bank Bangladesh, Standard Chartered Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, National Bank, First Security Islami Bank, AB Bank and Dhaka Bank.

The commission sought all transaction history of the ten people in the letters sent.

The eight BNP leaders are - national standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Nazrul Islam Khan, vice-chairmen Abdul Awal  Mintoo and M Morshed Khan, joint secretary general Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and executive committee member Tabith Awal.

ACC has also brought Morshed Khan's son Faisal Morshed Khan and Dhaka Bank managing director Syed Mahbubur Rahman under investigation on the same allegation.

The allegation against the BNP leaders is 'suspicious' transactions of Tk 1.25 billion through money laundering, and securing assets from unknown sources through these transactions in a period of 30 days.

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