Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. File photo

DHAKA, Dec 18, 2025 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today submitted a charge sheet against former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, his wife and their two children in a case involving corruption and money laundering.

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain revealed the information at a regular media briefing at the commission’s headquarters.

The case was filed on October 9, 2024, by the ACC’s Dhaka-1 Integrated District Office.

According to the charge sheet, during his tenure as home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal allegedly acquired and possessed assets worth about Tk 22.58 crore through corrupt practices and abuse of power, which were inconsistent with his known sources of income.

The investigation further found that he conducted transactions amounting to over Tk 87.46 crore through nine bank accounts operated in his own name. The funds were allegedly laundered to conceal and convert their illegal sources.

The charge sheet also names his wife Lutful Tahmina Khan, son Shafi Moddassir Khan Jyoti, and daughter Shafia Tasnim Khan as accused.

According to the investigation, each of them allegedly assisted in concealing the illegal sources of approximately Tk 15.45 crore of crime-derived funds through house construction and business establishments registered in their respective names.

The ACC investigation determined the former home minister’s total net assets at over Tk 28.17 crore against which lawful sources of income of nearly Tk 5.59 croe were identified.

The commission submitted the charge sheet under Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004; Section 5(2) of Corruption Prevention Act, 1947; and Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.