Former lawmaker of the Feni-3 constituency Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Masud Uddin Chowdhury. File Photo

DHAKA, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case against 33 people, including former lawmaker of the Feni-3 constituency Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Masud Uddin Chowdhury, for laundering Tk 100 crore.

The CID filed the case today with Banani Police Station under the Money Laundering Prevention Act for laundering over Tk 100.78 crore, Special Superintendent of Police of CID (Media) Jasim Uddin Khan told BSS.

"We're working relentlessly to bring all the culprits involved in the money laundering to justice through a fair and scientific investigation," he said.

According to the case statement, Masud Uddin Chowdhury, one of the members of the syndicate, was involved in manpower export to Malaysia through his manpower export company Five M International, and the other accused, in collusion, sent 9,372 workers to Malaysia from August 18, 2016 to May 30, 2024 through fraud.

At that time, an additional Tk 150,000 per person was collected apart from the government-fixed fee of Tk 78,990. In addition, evidence has been found of collecting an additional Tk 36,500 for passport, Covid-19 test, medical, and clothing.

The board of directors of Five M International and the members of the syndicate were also accused in the case.

The CID has already frozen bank accounts of Masud Uddin Chowdhury and his syndicate members containing Tk 5.91 crore.