TDS Desk:

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)  filed four separate cases against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s assistant private secretary (APS)-2 Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku.

He has been accused of suspicious transactions worth Tk150 crore in the cases.

Deputy Director Md Ahsanur Kabir Palash filed two cases while Assistant Director Rakiblu Hayat filed one case and Deputy Assistant Director Manjurul Islama Mintu filed one case with the ACC’s Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, ACC Deputy Director Aktarul Islam gave this information.

Fifteen people including Liku’s wife, brother, sister-in-law and caretaker, have been accused in the cases.

According to the complaint, Liku, his relatives and others involved in the cases have been accused of suspicious transactions worth about Tk150 crore.  They have also been accused of acquiring known undeclared assets worth Tk38.57 crore.

Two cases were filed against Sheikh Hasina’s assistant private secretary Liku as the main accused while in one case, he has been accused of acquiring undeclared assets worth Tk55,32,880 and in the other case, he has been accused of suspicious transactions worth Tk144 crore in 33 bank accounts.

Ten people, including Liku, have been accused in this case. The other accused in the case are Liku’s wife Rahima Akhter, brother-in-law Sheikh Md Ikram, Liku’s brother-in-law Gazi Mustafizur Rahman (Dipu), niece Tanvir Ahmed, business partners-Liakat Hossain Sabuj and  Kalu Sheikh, Liku’s house caretaker Hamim Sheikh, his managers Mintu Rahman and Md Arafat Hossain.

The case statement reveals that wife Rahima Akhter made suspicious transactions worth Tk127,413,346 in nine bank accounts. Similarly, Sheikh Md Ikram suspiciously transferred Tk21.6 crore through three banks operated in his personal and joint names, Gazi Mustafizur Rahman (Dipu) suspiciously transferred Tk19.46 crore through four banks operated in his personal and joint names.

Tanvir Ahmed, Liaqat Hossain (Sabuj),  Kalu Sheikh and Liku’s caretaker Hamim Sheikh suspiciously transferred Tk19.88 crore through three bank accounts operated in his personal and joint names, and Tk1.30 crore through four banks respectively.

In addition, Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku’s wife Rahima Akhtar has been accused of acquiring Tk23.25 crore through undeclared income. Liqu has also been made an accused in this case.

Alongside, Liku’s brother-in-law Sheikh Md Ikram has also been named as an accused in another case filed against him. In this case, Ikram has been accused of acquiring undeclared assets worth Tk14.75 crore.