ACC files two cases against Hasan Mahmud, wife over illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two cases against former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and his wife Nuran Fatema over allegations of having wealth beyond means, reports bdnews24.com.

It also accuses them of involvement in suspicious transactions amounting to more than Tk 7.22 billion across 65 bank accounts.

Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen told this while speaking at a press conference at the watchdog's office in the capital on Sunday.

He said they found Mahmud owning Tk 11.15 million in assets to be at odds with his known sources of income in one of the cases.

Kamalesh Mandal, a deputy director of the ACC, filed the case with ACC Integrated District Office Dhaka-1.

In the case, the anti-graft watchdog, also reported Tk 397.6 million worth of dubious transactions across nine bank accounts held by Mahmud himself, organisations linked to him or managed jointly.

The watchdog named his wife Nuran as a suspect in the other case filed by Al-Amin, another deputy director of the ACC, with ACC Integrated District Office Dhaka-1.

Nuran is accused of owning Tk 55.2 million in illicit wealth in the case. The ACC also accused her of making suspicious transactions worth Tk 6.83 billion in 56 bank accounts held in her name.