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DHAKA, Feb 13, 2025 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed four separate cases against former Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal alias Lotus Kamal, his wife Kashmiri Kamal and their daughters Kashfi Kamal and Nafisa Kamal on charges of amassing illegal wealth.

ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhter Hossain disclosed the information in a briefing today.

The cases were filed on different charges including accumulation of illegal wealth worth Taka 27.5 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 446 crore through 32 bank accounts.

ACC also found the involvement of his wife in undeclared assets worth Tk 44 crore.

She opened a business entity in her name and made suspicious transactions worth Tk 26 crore through a total of 20 accounts in her name and that entity.

Kashfi Kamal, daughter of Lotus Kamal, has been found to have undeclared assets worth Tk 31 crore. She made suspicious transactions worth Tk 177 crore through 38 personal and business accounts.

ACC also found that Kamal's another daughter Nafisa Kamal was involved in amassing illegal assets worth Tk 62.14 crore out of her known sources of income.

She made suspicious transactions worth Tk 199 crore using 17 personal and business accounts in her name.

The cases were filed under sections of the Anti-corruption Commission Act, 2004, Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.