Former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) Md Harun-or-Rashid. File photo

DHAKA, Sept 9, 2026 (BSS) -The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved charge-sheets in two cases against former chief of the Detective Branch (DB) Md Harun-or-Rashid and his brother ABM Shahriar over allegations of acquiring assets beyond their known sources of income and money laundering.

ACC Assistant Director of the Public Relations Department Md Tanzir Ahmed disclosed the information to the media today.

According to the ACC, its Dhaka-1 Integrated District Office filed a case on 17 December, 2024 against Harun-or-Rashid. The investigation found evidence of assets worth about Taka 21.28 crore acquired by him. Against this, his legitimate income, after deducting expenses, was found to be Taka 1,29,15,006. As a result, the ACC found evidence of Taka 19,98,94,599 in assets acquired beyond his known sources of income.

In another case, Harun-or-Rashid and his brother ABM Shahriar were named as accused. The ACC said it found evidence that ABM Shahriar had acquired Taka 18,28,07,555 in assets beyond his known sources of income.

The investigation also found the evidence of asset transfers and money laundering, including Shahriar received 1,850 decimals (approximately 18.5 acres) of land from Harun through a gift deed (heba), according to the ACC.

The commission said the cases were investigated by Mohammad Zainal Abedin, Deputy Director at the ACC headquarters. During the investigation, the authorities reviewed the accused persons’ movable and immovable assets, income-tax records and bank transactions.

The ACC said that evidences were found of not only acquiring assets beyond known sources of income but also concealing the illegal sources of proceeds of crime and laundering money through the transfer, movement and conversion of assets.

Charge-sheets against Harun-or-Rashid were filed under sections 27(1) of the ACC Act, 2004, section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

Shahriar was charged under the same provisions, along with section 109 of the Penal Code.