The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against the mother in-law of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, for not submitting wealth statement in time.
RK Majumder, the deputy director of the anti-graft watchdog, filed the case against Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu with Ramna police station on Thursday.
Ramna police station Officer-in-Charge Mashiur Rahman confirmed that the case was recorded at around 5:30pm in the afternoon.
ACC served a notice to Iqbal Banu asking for her wealth statement on January 25, 2012. Zakir Hossain, her caretaker, received the notice.
After a similar notice was served to Tarique Rahman in May 2007, the commission found out that the BNP leader accumulated illegal wealth worth Tk4.82 crore.
The anti-graft watchdog filed a case with Kafrul police in this regard against Tarique, his wife Zubaida Rahman and mother in-law Iqbal Banu on September 2007.
Tarique claimed the money was obtained from Iqbal Banu, however, ACC found proof that his wife and mother in-law aided Tarique to show the money legal.
