Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, his wife and daughter over laundering Tk 260 crore through their telecom company.
ACC director general Md Akhtar Hossain stated it to journalists at a press briefing at the ACC's head office in the capital on Wednesday (January 15) afternoon.
Khulna Divisional Office's director Jalal Uddin Ahmed filed the case at the ACC's Dhaka Coordinated Office-1.
In the case, former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, his wife Ratul Telecom Limited's chairman Syeda Arzuman Banu and daughter Ratul Telecom Limited's director Syeda Amrin Rakhi have been made accused.
It has been stated in the case that when Syeda Arzuman Banu and Syeda Amrin Rakhi were the chairman and director respectively of Ratul Telecom Limited, they committed punishable offences by siphoning off US$ 3 crore 32 lakh 84 thousand 681 worth Tk 259.62 crore.
Jahangir Kabir Nanak also committed punishable offence under the Anti-Corruption Act by assisting the accused -- his wife Ratul Telecom Limited's chairman Syeda Arzuman Banu and daughter Ratul Telecom Limited's director Syeda Amrin Rakhi -- to launder the foreign currency using his influence and breaking trust with the country when he was an MP and a minister of the government.
Ratul Telecom Ltd, an International Gateway (IGW), was owned by former state minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak's wife and daughter.
