ACC sues Faridpur SP, his wife on graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against a superintendant of police (SP) and his wife for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth. ACC Assistant Director Abdul Wadud filed the case on Tuesday against SP Subhash Chandra Saha of Faridpur and his wife Rina Chowdhury with Bangshal police station in Dhaka, ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB. According to the first information report (FIR), Subhash deposited Tk8.3 crore to three joint accounts with his spouse at Bangshal, Elephant Road and Jessore branches of One Bank Limited. Subhash allegedly earned the money being involved in corruption after he joined police. He also hid the sources, ownership and control of the money in his wealth statement he earlier submitted to the ACC. Despite being aware of the illegal money, Rina helped her husband conceal the illegally earned money by depositing it at their joint accounts, the FIR said. The case was filed under the Money-Laundering Prevention Act 2012.