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ACC confiscates JL leader’s assets worth Tk 100cr


Published : 23 Nov 2020 09:31 PM

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday confiscated expelled Juba League office secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman's assets worth Tk 100 crore. ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan seized the assets, its spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya told the Bangladesh Post.

According to the ACC, the seized assets include a five-storey house at Kalabagan in the city, two flats at Dhanmondi and Wari, three shops at Elephant Road and two shops at a market in Gulshan-2 in the capital. 

The ACC also seized a luxurious house in Muksudpur under Gopalganj district, a petrol pump, 15 bighas of land worth Tk 30 crore and 40 kathas of land in Keraniganj and also detected bank transactions of Tk 50 crore.

Earlier, the graft watchdog seized income tax documents worth about Tk 16 crore from Kazi Anisur Rahman and his wife Sumi Rahman. 

On September 29 last year, the ACC lodged a case against Kazi Anisur Rahman for accumulating illegal wealth of Tk 12.8 crore and his wife Sumi Rahman for having illegal assets worth Tk 1.31 crore.