TDS Desk

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found information and evidence of shady transactions worth Tk 907.66 crore in 80 bank accounts of former State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam and his wife Dewan Aleya. Of this, Tk 725.70 crore 42 thousand were deposited and Tk 724.89 lakh 93 thousand 715 were withdrawn from 60 bank accounts of Mirza Azam till October 2024.

On Thursday, ACC Deputy Director Md. Salahuddin and Assistant Director Md. Ferdous Rahman filed two cases as plaintiffs against Mirza Azam and his wife Dewan Aleya for acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 500 crore.

According to the complaint, till October this year, 181 crore 95 lakh 62 thousand taka has been deposited in 20 bank accounts of Mirza Azam’s wife Dewan Aleya Azam and 179 crore 26 lakh 96 thousand taka has been withdrawn.

In addition, 70 crores 40 lakh 49 thousand 765 takas has been found as FDR against 23 accounts in different banks in the name of Mirza Azam and his wife Dewan Aleya.

The accused have been charged under Section 27(1) of the ACC Act, 2004, Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.

On the other hand, information has been found against former State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak for illegally acquiring assets worth 87.347 crore taka. The ACC has filed a case against Palak and his wife Arifa Jasmine on charges of illegally acquiring assets.

Palak made shady transactions by depositing 32.495 million takas in his 25 bank accounts and withdrawing 29.8472 million takas. On the other hand, information has been found his wife Arifa Jasmine earned 95.893 million takas illegaly. Information has been found about shady transactions by depositing 22.3471 million taka in her 31 bank accounts and withdrawing 17.5682 million taka.

The ACC started investigating corruption allegations against Palak on August 22. Palak was arrested on August 14 on charges of shooting and killing during the anti-discrimination student movement.