Dhaka: A court here today set April 21 for submitting probe reports in two separate graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against former state ministers Meher Afroz Chumki and Zakir Hossain. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the orders, accepting first information reports (FIRs) of the two cases.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the ACC filed the cases on January 21. Former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, Zakir Hossain, is accused of amassing illegal wealth amounting to Taka 12.81 crore and making suspicious transactions of Taka 30 crore through his nine bank accounts.
In a separate case, former State Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Meher Afroz Chumki, is accused of amassing illegal wealth of Taka 5.27 crore and making suspicious transactions of Taka 22 crore through her nine bank accounts.