The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former MP for reserved women’s seat 28 Syeda Rubina Akhtar Mira and her husband, Mosharaf Hossain Sardar, over allegations of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income and laundering several hundred crore takas through suspicious bank transactions.
ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the matter at a press briefing on Tuesday.
In the first case, Mira, hailing from Barisal, is accused of amassing Tk1.57 crore in assets inconsistent with her known sources of income.
According to the case filed by ACC Deputy Director Rezaul Karim, she maintained 10 bank accounts through which she deposited Tk139.35 crore and withdrew Tk139.16 crore, making total transactions worth Tk278.52 crore.
These large-scale transactions, allegedly involving money acquired through bribery and corruption, were intended to hide the illicit origin of the funds by converting, transferring and disguising them in violation of Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004; Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
In the second case, Mosharaf, also from Barisal, is accused of illegally acquiring Tk1.26 crore worth of assets inconsistent with his known income sources.
The case, filed by ACC Assistant Director Md Anwar Hossain, notes that Mosharaf Sardar maintained three bank accounts where he deposited Tk18.44 crore and withdrew Tk18.29 crore, totalling Tk36.74 crore in "suspicious" financial transactions.
The ACC alleges that Mira assisted her husband in committing these financial crimes.
