COX’S BAZAR, Nov 23, 2025 (BSS) - The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against former lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-2 constituency Asheq Ullah Rafique for amassing huge wealth and suspicious bank transactions.

Assistant Director of the ACC headquarters Asif Al Mahmud earlier lodged the case as the complainant and officially recorded it by Anik Barua Babu, Assistant Director at the Cox’s Bazar office here today.

According to the case, Asheq Ullah, also the president of Maheshkhali upazila Awami League, acquired and possessed assets worth Taka 3,88, 77,139 that are inconsistent with his legal sources of income that is punishable offense under the Corruption Prevention Act and the Anti Money Laundering Act.

The case documents stated that his total assets is worth about Taka 6,23, 27, 679 of which Tk 2,34,50,540 could be traced to legal sources and the rest were illegal.

The former lawmaker deposited Taka 41,01,13,625 and withdrawn amounting to Tk 34,15,23,697 through his 14 bank accounts over a long period. His total suspicious transactions was worth about Taka 75,46,37,322.

ACC sources said that in the same inquiry, investigators found assets worth Tk 57, 52, 306 in the name of Asheq Ullah Rafique’s wife, Shaheda Nasreen, were also inconsistent with her legal income. 

The inquiry team found that she may possess additional undisclosed assets, for this reason, approval has been granted to issue an order asking her to submit a statement of assets under section 26(1) of the ACC Act-2004.