Mahi B Chowdhury  -Photo : Collected

DHAKA, Oct 15, 2025 (BSS) - The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken initiative to file a case against former lawmaker Mahi B Chowdhury for acquiring illegal wealth worth about Taka 20.69 crore and money laundering.

The commission has already appointed Deputy Director of the anti graft body Md Jahangir Alam as the Investigation Officer (IO) in this regard, ACC Director General Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the information to the reporters at a media briefing here.

According to the commission, the former lawmaker has acquired and possessed assets and properties worth about Taka 20,69,00,253 but in his wealth statement he concealed information of his assets and properties worth about Taka 9,68,46,500 by false and baseless declaration.

According to the allegation, Mahi B Chowdhury signed contractual deeds for buying 68 acres of land by investing his illegally earned money to suppress the nature of the sources of the money. 

He later bought the land in favour of his company Evalon Estate Limited and handed over, converted and transferred the money for laundering the amount.

The ACC officials said that the former lawmaker committed crimes under section 26(2) and 27(1) of the ACC Act-2004 and sub-sections 2 and 3 under section 4 of Money Laundering Prevention Act-2012 through these misconducts.