Staff Correspondent:

Senior journalist and television presenter Munni Saha was interrogated on Wednesday by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in connection with allegations of amassing illegal wealth and suspicious financial transactions.

The interrogation began at 10:00 AM at the ACC headquarters, led by Deputy Assistant Director Sabekun Nahar Parul. The ACC is investigating reported suspicious transactions totaling Tk 134 crore in various bank accounts connected to Munni Saha.

On July 16, the High Court ordered a freeze on 31 bank accounts held by Munni Saha and her husband Kabir Hossain, which currently hold around Tk 18.16 crore. Several of these accounts are jointly owned with ATN News cameraman Tapan Kumar Saha and his mother Apple Rani Saha.

ACC sources indicated increased financial monitoring following last year’s political transition. After the fall of the Hasina government on August 5, investigators observed abrupt and unusual transactions. Notably, Tk 120 crore was allegedly withdrawn from deposits shortly after the regime change.

The ACC and Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) identified that an account titled MS Promotions was opened at One Bank’s Karwan Bazar branch in 2017 by Kabir Hossain, with Munni Saha listed as nominee. Additionally, another account under Prime Traders at One Bank’s Khatunganj branch in Chittagong received multiple interest waivers and loan renewals, despite having no commercial ties to MS Promotions. Yet, both accounts engaged in transactions amounting to crores of taka.

The ACC is probing the source and purpose of these transactions and investigating whether any funds were illegally transferred abroad.

Investigators are also reviewing property records, including a duplex residence named after Munni Saha, located at 165 Roza Green in the ‘Santiniketan’ area, along the Gulshan–Tejgaon Link Road in Dhaka.