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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved filing of three separate cases against former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan and his family on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 25 crore. ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain briefed reporters at the agency's head office at Segunbagicha in the capital.
In a case, former minister Shajahan Khan will be accused of acquiring illegal assets worth TK11.36 crore. Besides suspicious transactions worth TK 86 lakh were found in his bank account. Another case was approved against his wife Syeda Rokeya Begum on charge of acquiring illegal assets worth TK 4.7 crore.
Another case will be filed their son Anisur Rahman for acquiring illegal assets worth TK 9.89 crore. Shahjahan Khan, an MP from the Madaripur-2 constituency, was previously summoned by the ACC in 2014 over allegation related to irregularities in plot allocation and acquiring illegal assets.
His affidavit for the 11th parliamentary election revealed substantial wealth, including two cars, 96 bhori of gold belonging to his wife, two buses, an SUV, a microbus, and a 10-katha plot of land from Rajuk, registered under his wife's name.
The Commission also ordered his daughter Oishi Khan to submit her wealth statement as they found illegal asset worth TK 1.71 crore under her porssession.
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