Former agriculture minister Mohammed Abdus Shahid . Photo : Facebook

DHAKA, Jan 19, 2025 (BSS) – Former agriculture minister and ex-Awami League (AL) lawmaker of Moulovibazar-4 constituency Mohammed Abdus Shahid was accused in a corruption case on charges of amassing illegal wealth beyond known sources of income.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case under sections 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, 4 (2) of The Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and 4(3) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 with the country’s lone anti-graft body.
 
Director General (Prevention) of the ACC told the media in a press briefing at the ACC Headquarters here.

According to the case details, Abdus Shahid acquired wealth illegally of over Tk 7.79 crore beyond known sources of income and for suspicious transaction and transfer of over Tk 26.90 crore in the names his business organizations through 18 bank accounts.

Meanwhile, the ACC has decided to serve notice on Shahid’s wife Umme Kulsum asking to submit her wealth statement under section 26 (1) of The Anti-Corruption Act, 2004, as the commission in its inquiry initially found illegal wealth of over Tk 39.22 lakh beyond known sources of income.