Lalmonirhat AL leader, two others sued for money laundering

LALMONIRHAT, Nov 1 (UNB): The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has filed a case against three persons, including Lalmonirhat district unit of Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Sakhawat Hossain Suman Khan and his wife Nahida Aktar Ruma for allegedly laundering money and amassing wealth illegally.

Abdul Hay Sarkar, assistant superintendent of police (CID) in the district, filed the case with Sadar police station on Thursday night.

There are allegations of land grabbing, hundi business, smuggling, tender manipulation and others against the AL leader, locally known as Hundi Suman, he said.

The CID has long been investigating hundi business, money laundering, amassment of illegal wealth, gold smuggling allegedly carried out by him, the CID officer said.

According to the case disposition, Suman Khan has over Tk 2.37 billion in his bank accounts, his wife Nahida owns over Tk 43.9 million and his staff Harun holds over Tk 1.87 million in their bank accounts.

Despite having no legal sources of income, the three transacted the huge amounts of money through banking channels and other means.

Based on these allegations, the case was filed against them under Section 4(2) of the Money Laundering Act of 2015.