Morshed Khan, wife, son sued for corruption

The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case Tuesday against three people including former foreign minister M Morshed Khan for allegedly laundering about Tk 730 million.

ACC deputy director Md Moniruzzaman Khan filed the case with Gulshan Police Station in the city, the anti-graft body officials told the FE.

Two other persons, wife of the former foreign minister Nasrin Morshed Khan and his son Foysal Khan, were included in the case.

ACC officials said Mr Khan, also the vice chairman of BNP, laundered the money to a bank in Hong Kong by opening different accounts and they collected the information from Hong Kong by sending Mutual Legal Assistance Request (MLAR) there.

According to the MLAR, Mr Khan and other two members of his family opened about 18 accounts with the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (SCBL).