BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed was charged by the anti-graft watchdog Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday.
ACC Deputy Director Harun-ur-Rashid filed a case with Gulshan police against Moudud and his brother Manjur Ahmed for occupying government land worth Tk300 crore in Gulshan abusing power.
The land belonged to Inje Maria Flaz and her husband M Ehsan, Pakistani citizens, who left the country before the Liberation War in 1971, case statement said.
The property, declared abandoned, was seized by Moudud Ahmed with forged documents using his position as civil servant during 1978 to 2006.
Moudud Ahmed defended the property several times producing documents that his brother had rented the land from its previous owners.
The move came just a month ahead of the 10th national elections in January 5 and during a time when the BNP leader is in jail for other violence cases.
