Dhaka: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken legal action against AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, a former judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, by filing two separate cases. The charges include acquiring illegal assets, money laundering, and fraudulently obtaining plots from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokka (RAJUK).
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhter Hossain announced that the cases were filed at the ACC’s integrated district office (Dhaka-1) in Segunbagicha. ACC Deputy Assistant Director Abdullah Al Mamun filed the cases as the plaintiff.
The case dockets accuse Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik of abusing his judicial power to amass wealth worth over Taka 53.96 crore, inconsistent with his known income sources. It is alleged that he kept these assets in his possession and engaged in money laundering activities by transferring and converting the funds abroad.
The case against Manik has been filed under multiple sections of anti-corruption and money laundering laws, including Section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Sections 4(2) and 4(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012, and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
Additionally, Manik is implicated in a RAJUK plot fraudulence case alongside six other individuals. The accused include Kashmiri Kamal, wife of former Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, former RAJUK chairman Engineer Md Nurul Huda, and other RAJUK officials such as Abu Bakkar Sikder, M Mahbubul Alam, GM Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan, and Abdul Hye.
The case alleges that these individuals colluded to abuse their authority, submitting false affidavits to fraudulently claim and possess a plot initially allotted to the original allottee in RAJUK’s Purbachal New Town project.