The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a charge sheet against former law minister Advocate Anisul Huq, accusing him of amassing illegal assets worth 172.24 crore taka and engaging in suspicious transactions totalling 737.24 crore taka. Investigators say he accumulated 180.85 crore taka in movable and immovable assets, far exceeding his lawful income of 8.61 crore taka, and routed funds through 23 bank accounts.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a charge sheet against former law minister Advocate Anisul Huq for allegedly acquiring illegal assets worth 172.24 crore taka and carrying out suspicious and unusual transactions amounting to 737.24 crore taka.
ACC Secretary Md Saidur Rahman Khan disclosed the information at a regular media briefing at the commission’s headquarters.
According to the ACC, its investigation found that Anisul, a former lawmaker from the Brahmanbaria-4 constituency, had acquired movable and immovable assets worth 180.85 crore taka in his own name and in the names of others.
Against this, his net acceptable income, after deducting family expenses from his lawful income, was found to be 8.61 crore taka. The investigation therefore found assets worth 172.24 crore taka inconsistent with his known sources of income, the ACC secretary said.
The investigation found assets worth 96.80 crore taka in Anisul’s own name and another 84.05 crore taka in the names of three people allegedly linked to his interests.
Of these assets, 23.32 crore taka was held in the name of his younger brother’s wife, Jebunnesa Begum; 20.71 crore taka in the name of his nephew Sheikh Md Iftekharul Islam; and 40.01 crore taka in the name of Mohammad Iqbal, who was identified as his cousin.
The ACC said Jebunnesa held shares worth 10 crore taka and fixed deposits worth 13 crore taka at Citizens Bank. Sheikh Md Iftekharul Islam held shares worth more than 20 crore taka at the same bank, while Mohammad Iqbal held shares worth more than 40 crore taka.
The investigation also found that Anisul and people and entities linked to his interests deposited 375.51 crore taka and withdrew 361.73 crore taka through 23 bank accounts. The total amount involved in the transactions was 737.24 crore taka, which the ACC described as unusual and suspicious.
According to the ACC investigation, Anisul and the three other accused allegedly committed offences punishable under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004; Section 109 of the Penal Code; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
The charge sheet named Anisul, Jebunnesa Begum, Sheikh Md Iftekharul Islam and Mohammad Iqbal as accused.
The ACC filed the case on January 1, 2025, through its Dhaka-1 integrated district office.
ACC Deputy Director Md Jahangir Alam filed the case and conducted the investigation.