Staff Correspondent:

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed three separate cases against Nazmul Hassan Papon, former youth and sports minister and president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), his wife Roksana Hasan, and former Beximco Pharmaceuticals director and executive director Ismail Haider Mollick.

They have been made accused of illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 35.77 crore, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain told media on Monday at the commission’s headquarters in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.

Papon has been named as an accused in all three cases. According to the ACC, he illegally acquired wealth worth Tk 20.07 crore.

Additionally, he is accused of conducting suspicious transactions totalling Tk 742.72 crore through 20 bank accounts under his name.

His wife, Roksana Hasan, has been made accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 12 crore. She allegedly conducted suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 49.33 crore through 11 bank accounts, the ACC official said.

Meanwhile, Ismail Haider was accused of acquiring wealth worth Tk 3.70 crore beyond known sources of income.

In addition to filing the cases, the ACC has also sought wealth statements from Papon’s children and Ismail’s wife.