A Dhaka court has shown arrested retired Supreme Court Appellate Division Judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik in a case filed by the ACC over charges of acquiring illegal assets.
On Monday, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz passed this order following an application by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). ACC lawyer Md Tariqul Islam confirmed this information.
Tariqul said Manik was produced in court during the hearing. Then, the court ordered him to be arrested in this case and sent back to jail.
According to case documents, while serving as a judge, Manik abused his power and acquired assets worth Tk 53.96 million, which is inconsistent with his known source of income, acquired through dishonest means.
He also allegedly acquired ownership of these assets, kept them in his possession, and smuggled them abroad through transfer, conversion, and transfer.
ACC Deputy Assistant Director Papon Kumar Shah filed the case as the plaintiff on 11 September. It was filed under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
The BGB arrested Manik from the Kanaighat border in Sylhet around 10 pm on August 23 last year. He is currently in jail after being arrested in various police stations for murder and attempt to murder cases related to the anti-discrimination student movement.
