A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of former State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman’s income tax records in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
On Tuesday, Acting Judge Muhammad Kamrul Hasan Khan of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court issued the order.
ACC prosecutor Delwar Jahar Rumi confirmed the information.
On behalf of the ACC, the investigation officer of the case, the organisation’s Assistant Director Papon Kumar Sarkar, filed the application seeking seizure of the income tax documents.
According to the ACC’s application, a case has been filed against Enamur Rahman on charges of criminal misconduct as a public servant, abuse of power, and illegally acquiring and possessing assets worth Tk6,50,92,785 that are disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The application further states that evidence has been found of money laundering involving Tk12,69,57,505, including suspicious deposits totalling Tk6,43,49,018 and suspicious withdrawals totalling Tk6,26,08,487 from his five bank accounts.
In addition to these offences, a case has also been filed against the former state minister on charges of illegally transferring and moving money to conceal its source.
For a proper investigation of the case, it is necessary to seize and review all of Enamur Rahman’s previous income tax records up to the 2024–25 tax year, which are kept at Dhaka Tax Zone–10.
Therefore, an order from the court is required to seize Dr Enamur Rahman’s income tax documents in the interest of the investigation.
