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ACC finds Tk 352 million in FDR under CRI’s name
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the discovery of a fixed deposit receipt (FDR) account valued at approximately Tk 352.1 million in the name of the Centre for Research and Information (CRI) the Awami League’s research wing. ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain told report
ACC finds Tk 352 million in FDR under CRI’s name
bdnews24.com
Published :
Feb 04, 2025 20:08
Updated :
Feb 04, 2025 20:08
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the discovery of a fixed deposit receipt (FDR) account valued at approximately Tk 352.1 million in the name of the Centre for Research and Information (CRI) the Awami League’s research wing.
ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain told reporters on Tuesday that an FDR worth Tk 352.1 million has been found under the name of CRI at IFIC Bank.
Further transaction records were obtained from Sonali Bank.
He added that the commission’s enforcement team will conduct a detailed review of all documents and bank statements gathered during the investigation.
Awami League chief and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy chairs CRI’s board of trustees.
Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul serves as its vice-chair, while Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby is also a trustee.
According to ACC officials, they received allegations that CRI’s board of trustees had facilitated certain “political agendas,” resulting in “losses to state funds”.
Investigators then visited CRI’s Dhanmondi office, but found it closed.
In the course of their inquiry, they also collected account information from Dutch-Bangla Bank, IFIC Bank, and Sonali Bank.
ACC Assistant Director Raju Ahmed, who led the operation, explained that the investigation seeks to determine whether state funds were used for proper institutional purposes or diverted in a way that harmed public finances.
On Sept 30 last year, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, or BFIU, ordered the freezing of accounts belonging to CRI, its Young Bangla project, and the personal accounts of Joy, Putul, and Bobby.
Joy previously served as an unpaid ICT advisor to prime minister Hasina and currently resides in the United States.
Putul, an autism specialist, has been the World Health Organization’s Regional Director since Feb 1 and is based in New Delhi.
Bobby, though not officially affiliated with the Awami League government, has engaged in youth empowerment initiatives through Young Bangla.
The bank accounts of former state minister for power, energy, and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu — once a CRI trustee — were also frozen.
After the Awami League government was overthrown in popular protests, numerous legal cases were filed naming Hasina, Joy, Putul, Bobby, and Bipu as defendants.
bdnews24.com
Published :
Feb 04, 2025 20:08
Updated :
Feb 04, 2025 20:08
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the discovery of a fixed deposit receipt (FDR) account valued at approximately Tk 352.1 million in the name of the Centre for Research and Information (CRI) the Awami League’s research wing.
ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain told reporters on Tuesday that an FDR worth Tk 352.1 million has been found under the name of CRI at IFIC Bank.
Further transaction records were obtained from Sonali Bank.
He added that the commission’s enforcement team will conduct a detailed review of all documents and bank statements gathered during the investigation.
Awami League chief and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy chairs CRI’s board of trustees.
Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul serves as its vice-chair, while Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby is also a trustee.
According to ACC officials, they received allegations that CRI’s board of trustees had facilitated certain “political agendas,” resulting in “losses to state funds”.
Investigators then visited CRI’s Dhanmondi office, but found it closed.
In the course of their inquiry, they also collected account information from Dutch-Bangla Bank, IFIC Bank, and Sonali Bank.
ACC Assistant Director Raju Ahmed, who led the operation, explained that the investigation seeks to determine whether state funds were used for proper institutional purposes or diverted in a way that harmed public finances.
On Sept 30 last year, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, or BFIU, ordered the freezing of accounts belonging to CRI, its Young Bangla project, and the personal accounts of Joy, Putul, and Bobby.
Joy previously served as an unpaid ICT advisor to prime minister Hasina and currently resides in the United States.
Putul, an autism specialist, has been the World Health Organization’s Regional Director since Feb 1 and is based in New Delhi.
Bobby, though not officially affiliated with the Awami League government, has engaged in youth empowerment initiatives through Young Bangla.
The bank accounts of former state minister for power, energy, and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu — once a CRI trustee — were also frozen.
After the Awami League government was overthrown in popular protests, numerous legal cases were filed naming Hasina, Joy, Putul, Bobby, and Bipu as defendants.
