The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against Mahi B Chowdhury, joint secretary general of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, for allegedly concealing information about assets worth Tk 20.69 crore just three months before the upcoming general election.
The ACC revealed the decision in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to the Commission, Mahi acquired assets worth Tk 20.69 crore that are disproportionate to his known sources of income and kept them in his possession.
“With dishonest intent to conceal or disguise the nature of the illegally earned money obtained through corruption, he signed an advance sale agreement (bayna deed) in his own name for 68 acres of land valued at Tk 9.68 crore,” the statement said.
It added that Mahi paid the advance using illicit funds and later purchased the land in the name of his real estate company, Avalon Estate Ltd.
The ACC stated that by transferring, converting, and moving the funds in this manner, Mahi committed offenses punishable under Sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.
In 2019, Mahi, a former member of parliament from Munshiganj-1, was questioned by the ACC in connection with earlier allegations of money laundering.
