TDS Desk:

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a money laundering case against Jahangir Alam, a former office assistant of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, over the alleged laundering of Tk 100 crore.

The case was filed with Chatkhil Police Station in Noakhali on Friday after CID’s Financial Crime Unit found substantial preliminary evidence during an initial probe, said Jasim Uddin Khan, special superintendent (media) of CID, in a press release.

The case was lodged under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, the release added.

According to CID, Jahangir, originally from Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali, had worked at the National Parliament Secretariat on a daily wage basis.

After Awami League formed the government in 2009, he was temporarily appointed as a personal assistant at the Prime Minister’s Office. CID said the position reportedly helped him gain significant financial benefits.

In 2010, Jahangir established a company named Sky Re Arrange Limited, which operated as a distribution business of a mobile financial service. However, investigators found numerous suspicious financial transactions under the company’s name, including large unexplained deposits into several bank accounts, inconsistent with its business operations.

Between 2010 and 2024, transactions exceeding Tk 565 crore were recorded in multiple bank accounts of the company, a major portion of which came from cash deposits across the country, the CID said.

The sources of these funds remain unidentified, and initial evidence suggests links to hundi and money laundering activities, according to the release.

The investigation also found that Jahangir, along with his wife Kamrun Nahar and brother Monir Hossain, had been involved in illegal financial transactions for years. Jahangir and his wife moved to the United States in June 2024 and are currently residing in Virginia.

CID said investigators did not find any official approval for their foreign investments or property acquisitions abroad.

Preliminary findings indicate that Jahangir, his wife, his brother Monir, and Sky Re Arrange Limited jointly laundered around Tk 100 crore overseas between 2010 and 2024, the press release said.

Efforts are underway to identify and arrest others involved and to uncover the full extent of the crime, the CID added.