A Dhaka court has placed Afzal Hossain, an accountant at the medical education department of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on 16-day police remand in two money laundering cases.
Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Towfiqul Islam, the investigating officer of the cases, produced Afzal before the court on Wednesday.
On August 27, the ACC deputy director sought a 20-day remand. ACC Assistant Inspector of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court Md Zulfiqur confirmed the matter.
On August 26, the same court sent Afzal to jail after he surrendered before the court, seeking bail in these cases.
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According to the ACC, Afzal allegedly accumulated a lot of wealth, including five houses in Dhaka and one in Australia, by misusing his power and taking bribes from candidates by ensuring their jobs in different government and private offices.
On March 18, 2019, the ACC confiscated assets of the DGHS accountant in Uttara.
On January 21, 2019, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court ordered the confiscation of all movable and immovable properties of Afzal and his wife Rubina Khanam, and freezing of all of their bank accounts, in a case filed by the ACC.
On January 11, 2019, ACC Deputy Director M Samsul Alam interrogated the couple for around seven hours at its head office and found evidence against them regarding their illegal wealth.
Afzal's wife was also working as a stenographer at the same office since 1995.
On January 14, 2019, the Health Ministry suspended Afzal Hossain on charges of corruption.
