The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 16 individuals, including former Member of Parliament Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi and his wife Rizia Sultana, on allegations of embezzling approximately Tk13 crore from the “IIUC Tower” of Chattogram’s International Islamic University (IIUC).
Assistant Director Kamal Chakrabarty filed this case as the plaintiff at the ACC office in Chattogram on Thursday. Nadvi is currently arrested and in jail.
Others accused in the case include former vice chancellor of Chittagong University Anwarul Azim Arif, Professor Kazi Din Mohammad, teacher Mohammad Saleh Zohar, engineer Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury, Mohammad Khaled Mahmud (brother of former minister Hasan Mahmud), Professor Fasiul Alam, Professor Abdur Rahim, Md Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Badrul Alam, Mohammad Humayun Kabir, Muhammad Shafiur Rahman, Professor Mahi Uddin, Professor Afzal Ahmed, and Mozaffar Hossain Nadvi.
ACC Deputy Director Subel Ahmed revealed that in 2005, the IIUC trust purchased 20 kathas of land in Agrabad, Chattogram, and constructed the “IIUC Tower,” commencing operations from 2011. Although trust members worked voluntarily, between 2021 and 2024, Nadvi and the others accused in the case violated university and trust laws and embezzled more than Tk12.79.
