Ex-minister Saifuzzaman -File Photo

DHAKA, Sept 18, 2025 (BSS) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today said it filed a new case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and 10 others on charges of receiving Tk.52 crore abusing his official power and eventually laundering the amount abroad.

ACC officials alleged that the former minister received the amount by intimidating Thermex Group managing director Abdul Kadir Molla, a client of Saifuzzaman-controlled UCBL Bank, and then transferred it to other persons and eventually laundered the money abroad.

ACC’s deputy assistant director M Sajib Ahmed filed the case naming former UCBL chairman and Saifuzzaman’s wife Rukmila Zaman, former director of the bank Syed Kamruzzaman, Aramit PLC’s assistant general manager Utpal Pal and businessmen M Abdul Aziz and Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Mohammad Misbahul Alam, M Farid Uddin, M Zahid, Nur Mohammad and M Yasinur Rahman.

Talking to BSS, ACC deputy director Akhtarul Islam said the case was filed under section 5(2) of the Corruption Prevention Act of 1947 and the sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2012 along with sections 162/409/420/109 of the penal code 1860.