DHAKA, Jan 29, 2026 (BSS) - The ACC today filed two cases against former chairman of Bhandaria Upazila of Pirojpur Md. Mirajul Islam and his wife Mrs Shamima Akhter for acquiring huge illegal assets and money laundering.

Deputy Director of the Public Relations Department of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Md. Akhtarul Islam disclosed the information to the media. The cases were filed this morning at the ACC Integrated District Office in Pirojpur.

The cases have been filed under section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

According to the first case, former Upazila Chairman Md. Mirajul Islam acquired movable and immovable assets worth about Taka 87,34,49,283 by purchasing of land, houses, flats, shops, bank savings, business capital, investments in company shares and the purchase of nine vehicles-that was beyond his known sources of income.

 In addition, his family expenditure amounted to Taka 29,49,43,176.

Including family expenses, the total assets in his name is worth about Taka 116,83, 92,459, while his acceptable sources of income amount is only Taka 17,71,0 5,449. Accordingly, he has been accused of acquiring assets worth about Taka 99,12,87, 010 that are inconsistent to his known income.

The case statement further alleged that Md. Mirajul Islam deposited Taka 2,691,44, 84,069 of embezzled government funds into accounts at various branches of nine banks and laundered Taka 2,679,37,11,404 of that amount through transfers, conversions and other means.

Meanwhile, a separate case has been filed against his wife, Mrs. Shamima Akhter, proprietor of ‘Messrs. Shimu Enterprise’, on charges of acquiring movable and immovable assets worth about Taka 24,45,53,251 beyond her known sources of income and money laundering.

The ACC stated that Mrs. Shamima Akhter, as a licensed contractor of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), received work orders by participating in tenders for various development projects and embezzled government funds without carrying out any project work. 

Assets in her name including land purchases, bank accounts and business capital worth about Taka 32,36,47,239, whereas her acceptable income is only Taka 7,90, 93,988.
The case statement further mentioned that through the account of Messrs. Shimu Enterprise at BRAC Bank, Taka 122,75,46,367 of embezzled government funds were deposited, of which Taka 122,39.99,708 were laundered through various transfers and conversions.

It is noteworthy that earlier, ACC Deputy Director of the Pirojpur office Md. Aminul Islam had filed eight additional cases against them on charges of embezzling nearly Taka 1,000 crore by not executing development projects under the LGED in the name of the contracting firm. Those cases are currently under investigation.