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ACC uncovers Tk 352m in FDR held by AL's wing

Joy, Putul, Bobby among trustees of CRI


February 05, 2025 00:00:00


The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has announced the discovery of a fixed deposit receipt, or FDR, account valued at approximately Tk 352.1 million in the name of the Centre for Research and Information, or CRI, the Awami League's research wing, reports bdnews24.com.

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain told reporters on Tuesday that an FDR worth Tk 352.1 million has been found under the name of CRI at IFIC Bank.

Further transaction records were obtained from Sonali Bank. He added that the commission's enforcement team will conduct a detailed review of all documents and bank statements gathered during the investigation.

Awami League chief and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy chairs CRI's board of trustees.

Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul serves as its vice-chair, while Hasina's sister Sheikh Rehana's son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby is also a trustee.

According to ACC officials, they received allegations that CRI's board of trustees had facilitated certain "political agendas," resulting in "losses to state funds".

Investigators then visited CRI's Dhanmondi office, but found it closed.

In the course of their inquiry, they also collected account information from Dutch-Bangla Bank, IFIC Bank, and Sonali Bank.

ACC Assistant Director Raju Ahmed, who led the operation, explained that the investigation seeks to determine whether state funds were used for proper institutional purposes or diverted in a way that harmed public finances.


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