Bangladesh
ACC Money Laundering: ACC books Major Mannan, his wife, two daughters
Dhaka, Jan 23: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Corporation Limited (BIFC) and Secretary General of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Retired Major Abdul Mannan, and his wife and two daughters for money fraud.
Nine more people have been accused in the case. The ACC has accused the people of sanctioning a loan of three crore taka in the name of the sold company and embezzling Tk 37 lakh 59 thousand 585.
ACC Deputy Director Md. Abdul Majed filed the case as plaintiff at the agency's integrated district office in Dhaka on Monday. The accused in the case are- Former BIFC Chairman and Secretary General of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Major (retd.) Abdul Mannan, his wife and former BIFC Chairman Umm Kulsoom Mannan, their two daughters Tanjila Mannan and Tajrina Mannan. Both Tanjila and Tazreen are former directors of BIFC.
Other accused in the case are - Robinson Fabrications owner Md. Aminur Rahman Khan, Runa Properties owner Nahida Akhtar, BIFC director ANM Jahangir Alam, Abbas Uddin Ahmed, Arshad Ullah, BIFC MD Inamur Rahman, former senior officer Mohammad Nizam Uddin, Principal Officer Kazi Ahsan Maruf and former Assistant Vice President (AVP) Awlad Hossain. The accused have been charged under Sections 406/409/466/467/471/420/109 of the Penal Code, Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Sections 3(2) and 4(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.
