Former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed. File Photo

CHATTOGRAM, July 31, 2025 (BSS)- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed, his wife Rukmila Zaman and 26 others for allegedly embezzling and laundering Taka 15 crore from United Commercial Bank (UCB).
 
ACC Head Office Assistant Director Md. Mainuddin filed the case with ACC Chattogram District Integrated Office-1 today.

The case alleged that the accused persons embezzled and laundered Taka 15 crore after taking the amount as loan in the name of an Aramit Cement employee using a fake business entity.

Shubel Ahmed, Deputy Director of the Chattogram District Integrated Office-1, confirmed the matter to journalists.

The other accused of the case are Jabed's brother and UCBL director Asifuzzaman Chowdhury , sisters Roksana Zaman Chowdhury, Afroza Zaman Chowdhury, UCBL Bank official Abu Hena Md. Fakhrul Islam, Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury, Ziaul Karim Khan, Mohammad Abdul Awal, Mir Mesbah Uddin Hossain, Abdul Hamid Chowdhury, Bazal Ahmed Babul, former director Akhtar Matin Chowdhury, M. A. Sabur, Yunus Ahmed, Nurul Islam Chowdhury, Bashir Ahmed, Syed Kamruzzaman, Md. Shah Alam, Jonaid Shafiq, Kanak Kanti Sen, Aparup Chowdhury, Touhid Sipar Rafiquzzaman, former acting managing director Arif Qadri, Aramit Group officials Mohammad Misbahul Alam, Abdul Aziz and Shahriar Hossain. 

All of the accused played roles in facilitating, approving, or taking benefit from the fraudulent loan disbursement.

The case statement reveals that Jasim Uddin Chowdhury, an official of Aramit Cement owned by former Land Minister Jabed, was made the owner of a company called 'Reliable Trading' and a time loan of Taka 15 crore was approved as working capital from UCBL's Chittagong port branch. 

The money was used for payment of the liabilities of Aramit Cement and Aramit Thai Aluminum, the ACC said. 

It’s the second case the ACC has filed against Jabed. ACC filed first case against him on July 24 on the allegation of embezzling Taka 25 crore.