The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed two separate cases against Ashraful Alam Khokan and his wife Rizwana Nur for illegally acquiring wealth worth about Taka 164,279,883, reports BSS.
ACC Director General-Prevention Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the information to the media at a briefing in the commission’s headquarters in city’s Segunbagicha.
The DG said that Khokan, former deputy press secretary to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has acquired Taka 133,398,827 through misusing power and corruption while he was in the job. He made suspicious transaction of about Taka 13,439,572 through his three bank accounts at that time.
He also bought a house in New York City of the United States of America (USA) through money laundering, the DG added.
The ACC filed the case against him under section 27(1) of the ACC Act-2004, section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act-1947 and sub-section 2 and 3 under section 4 of the Money Laundering Prevention Act-2012.
On the other hand, the ACC brought allegation of acquiring illegal wealth worth about Taka 30,881,056 against Rizwana Nur, wife of Khokan, which is beyond her known source of income. She also made suspicious transaction of Taka 61,249,837 through her three bank accounts.
Ashraful Alam Khokan joined as the Deputy Press Secretary to the former prime minister in 2013 and he resigned from the service in February, 2021.
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