A court in Dhaka has sent Masud Biswas, the former head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), to jail in a case filed against him on charge of amassing illegal wealth and abuse of power.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in assistance of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP during a raid arrested Masud on Saturday.
On January 2, the ACC filed a case against Masud Biswas on charges of acquiring illegal wealth.
According to the case statement, Masud Biswas illegally acquired assets worth Tk1.87 crore in his own name, which he kept for personal use, thus committing a punishable offense.
For this, a case has been filed against him under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
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