The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against NASSA Group Chairman Nazrul Islam Majumdar on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 781 crore.
The case was filed by ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Shahjahan Miraj at the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, confirmed ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain on Sunday.
He also said that charges against Nazrul have been brought under Section 27(1) of the Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
Nazrul, former chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), was arrested on October 1 last year on multiple charges. He led BAB for nearly 17 years under the Awami League government.
He also chaired EXIM Bank. After the July-August student-led uprising, the central bank removed him and his wife, Nasreen Islam, from the EXIM Bank board on August 29. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit ordered banks to freeze their accounts on August 25.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has launched an investigation into allegations of laundering nearly $3 million to the United States against Nazrul, according to the press statement on October 2.
