Former state minister Meher Afroz Chumki and Former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain. Photo : Collage

DHAKA, Jan 22, 2025 (BSS) - 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.

The ACC filed the cases on January 21.

Of the two, former State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain is accused of amassing illegal wealth of Taka 12.81 crore and making suspicious transactions of Taka 30 crore through his nine bank accounts.

Former State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki on the other hand, is accused of amassing illegal wealth of Taka 5.27 crore and making suspicious transactions of Taka 22 crore through her nine bank accounts.