DHAKA, Sept 29, 2025 (BSS) - Former Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has 
been shown arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) 
under the "Money Laundering and Acquisition Act". 

He is an accused in the case for his alleged involvement in acquiring wealth 
beyond his sources of income, said an ACC source.
 
The Investigating Officer (IO) of the case produced him before the Dhaka 
Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court today.
 
After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz 
granted the application to show him arrested in the case. Subsequently, the 
court ordered him to be sent to jail in connection with the case.

Earlier, ACC Deputy Assistant Director Papon Kumar Shah filed a case under 
the "Money Laundering and Acquisition Act" on September 11 last.

The charges in the case revealed that while serving as a judge in the 
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, through 
abuse of power, acquired and held in his possession assets worth about Taka 
five crore, 39 lakh, 66 thousand and 820, which was inconsistent with his 
known income sources.

Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik was arrested on August 24 last year while 
fleeing to India from the 'Dana Border' area of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet 
district.