DHAKA, Feb 25, 2026 (BSS) - The ACC has filed two separate cases against 
retired Additional Superintendent of Police (Adi-SP) Uttam Kumar Biswas and 
his wife Krishna Biswas on charges of amassing wealth beyond their known 
sources of income and money laundering.

Assistant Director of the Public Relations Department of the Anti-Corruption 
Commission (ACC) Md Tanzir Ahmed confirmed the matter today at the 
commission's headquarters here. ACC Assistant Director Md Ruhul Haque filed 
the cases as the complainant.

According to the case statements, Uttam Kumar Biswas joined the Bangladesh 
Police as a Sub-Inspector in 1988 and served for nearly 25 years in the 
Criminal Investigation Department (CID). He went on post-retirement leave 
(PRL) from the post of Additional Superintendent of Police on September 12 in 
2023 last.

The ACC investigation found that Biswas allegedly acquired assets worth Taka 
3,01,34,225 that was beyond his known sources of income in which Taka 
19,96,000 in his own name and Taka 2,81,38,225 in the names of his son and 
daughter.

Investigators also identified suspicious and unusual transactions totaling of 
Taka 43, 73 ,77, 996 in 34 bank accounts of which 14 in his own name, eight 
in the name of his son Uchchhash Biswas and 12 in the name of his daughter 
Urmi Biswas.

The ACC alleged that the funds were obtained through bribery and corruption 
and later transferred and converted under the guise of investments and asset 
purchases. It also claimed that he concealed information about assets 
acquired in the names of his children in his wealth statement.

He has been charged under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption 
Commission Act, 2004, sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering 
Prevention Act, 2012 and section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption 
Act,1947.

In a separate case, Krishna Biswas has been accused of acquiring assets worth 
Taka 5,91,98,470 that was beyond her known sources of income, allegedly with 
the influence and financial support arising from her husband's abuse of 
power.

The ACC found unusual transactions amounting to Taka 29,17,24,791 in 75 bank 
accounts in her name.

According to the allegations, after receiving a preliminary notice from the 
ACC, she attempted to conceal the sources of funds by selling two flats 
registered in her name and creating false documents in the name of 
investments in various institutions.

She has been charged under section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission 
Act, 2004, sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 
2012 and section 109 of the Penal Code.