ACC files two cases against ex-IGP Nur Mohammad, his wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed two separate cases against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and former MP from Kishoreganj-2 constituency Nur Mohammad and his wife Ismat Ara Begum on charges of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income and money laundering.

ACC Deputy Assistant Director Abu Mohammad Anwarul Islam lodged the cases with the commission's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1. ACC Deputy Director Md Akhtarul Islam confirmed it.

In the first case, Nur Mohammad has been accused of acquiring assets beyond known sources of income of Tk 1 crore 16 lakhs 30 thousand 443 and money laundering through suspicious transactions of Tk 16 crore 42 lakhs 66 thousand 134 in 17 bank accounts.

In the second case, Nur Mohammad and his wife Ismat Ara Begum have been accused of simultaneously committing crimes and acquiring assets beyond known known sources of income of Tk 1,14,86,018 and suspicious transactions of about Tk 19 crore in 21 bank accounts.

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