The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found evidence of unusual transactions worth Tk 907.66 crore in 80 bank accounts in the names of former State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam and his wife Dewan Aleya. The agency has filed a case against them under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
On Thursday, ACC Deputy Director Md. Salahuddin and Assistant Director Md. Ferdous Rahman filed the case as plaintiffs in two separate cases.
It is learned that Mirza Azam has suspicious information that a total of 390 crore 81 lakh 69 thousand 379 taka was deposited in 24 bank accounts operated by him in his own name and in the name of various institutions related to his interests until October this year. Of which, 389 crore 71 lakh 57 thousand 466 taka was withdrawn. The latest balance was 1 crore 10 lakh 11 thousand 913 taka, which is frozen.
In addition, the accused Mirza Azam has withdrawn loans from 13 bank accounts in his own name and in the name of various companies or institutions related to his interests. ACC investigation has found evidence that he has withdrawn 299 crore 28 lakh 79 thousand 485 taka and deposited 300 crore 37 lakh 79 thousand 854 taka in 13 bank accounts until October.
On the other hand, 70 crore 40 lakh 49 thousand 765 taka has been found as FDR against 23 accounts in different banks in the name of Mirza Azam and his wife Dewan Aleya.
The ACC has received information on transactions worth 725 crore 70 lakh 42 thousand 232 taka in 60 bank accounts of various companies related to Mirza Azam and Dewan Aleya. Out of which, evidence of withdrawal of 724 crore 89 lakh 93 thousand 716 taka has been found.
On the other hand, evidence of abnormal transactions of a total of 181 crore 95 lakh 62 thousand taka has been found in 20 accounts of various banks in the name of Mirza Azam and various companies related to his interests till October.
In total, evidence of abnormal transactions of 907 crore 66 lakh 4 thousand 232 taka has been found in various names of Mirza Azam and Dewan Aleya and those related to him. And those transactions have been proven to be abnormal. Through unusual transactions, Mirza Azam tried to hide the illegal transfer, transfer and conversion of money by operating anonymous bank accounts in the names of his wife Dewan Aleya and others.
In the same case, former State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam was charged with acquiring illegal assets of Tk 397.667 crore, Tk 399.83 crore in the name of their daughter Mirza Api and Tk 237.771 crore against 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 Section 4(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.Charges were filed under Section 11(1) and Section 4(3).
