Fugitive former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife Rukhmila Zaman. Photo Collage

DHAKA, Sept 22, 2025(BSS) - The ACC today filed a case against former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife Rukmila Zaman and six others in charges of taking bribe, misappropriation of money and laundering money abroad.

Deputy Director (PR) of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Md Aktarul Islam said Deputy Assistant Director of Dhaka District Integrated Office of the anti-graft body Md Sajib Ahmed filed the case.

According to the first information report (FIR), the accused people in connivance with each other realized Taka 60 crore from the Chairman and Managing Director of the ‘Best Services Limited’ Amin Ahmed and Umme Kulsum under threat and putting pressure on them. The victims were the account holders of the United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC.

The ACC during its primary inquiry found that the accused people have withdrawn huge amount of money through various fake accounts, transferred to their names and finally laundered it abroad by threatening and giving pressure on them.

The accused people realized bribe worth about Taka 213.75 crore from different organizations including Tharmex Knit Yarn Limited, H M Ship Breaking Limited, Well Mart Limited and Saif Power Tech Limited, the FIR said. 

The ACC filed the case following complaint lodged by Amin Ahmed and Umme Kulsum as the accused realized Taka 60 crore from them.

The ACC investigators alleged that when he was a minister, Saifuzzaman Chowhury exerted his influence as a director and owner of the bank. He usually governs the bank although his wife Rukmila Zaman was the chairman of the bank at that time.

The other accused of the case are-former Director of the Bank Syed Kamruzzaman, owners of different trading companies-Md Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Mohammad Mesbahul Alam, Mohammad Zahid and Md Farid Uddin.