More than a dozen complaints have reportedly been lodged against former law adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, alleging bail trade, case manipulation and appointment irregularities and took huge amount money from labour market reopening what the law professor outright denied.
The accusations include claims of "case trading" and "bail trading" - allegations that money was taken in exchange for legal decisions or influence over bail outcomes. One complaint alleges that a business executive facing fraud charges was granted bail following financial transactions amounting to 200 million taka, though no court ruling has substantiated the claim.
The allegations include the mass transfer of over 250 judges without proper consultation with the Supreme Court. Other allegations suggest irregularities in judicial postings and transfers in Dhaka and surrounding areas.
Complaints submitted to the ACC claim that payments ranging from five million to 20 million taka were taken in exchange for transfers, particularly for lucrative sub-registrar positions.
A formal complaint filed with the ACC on April 8, 2026, alleges that around 200-282 sub-registrars secured preferred postings through bribes ranging between Tk 50 lakh and Tk 60 lakh each, between October 2024 and April 2025. The complaint suggests this resulted in transactions amounting to hundreds of crores of taka, claiming that official policies were ignored.
Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment than headed by Adviser Asif Nazrul-has approved licences for an additional 252 recruiting agencies. Each licences provide paid tk 5 crore, according to sources.
Former Adviser Asif Nazrul Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment behind the man for failing to reopen the Malaysian market. Former Adviser Asif Nazrul took Tk 80 crore for reopen Malaysian market labour market. Malaysia has reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers for last one year. But as Former Adviser Asif Nazrul Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment he took it as money making machine. He collected money from various recruiting agencies for file case or withdrawn cases. Malaysia offer reopening of labour market for Bangladesh pending case resolution from last one years. Meanwhile, than Former Adviser Asif Nazrul Ministry of Expatriates' back from Malaysia and file another case and fueling others cases for huge amount of bribers, according to sources.
It is alleged that a syndicate led by Dr. Nazrul, along with his personal secretary and family members, facilitated the bail of numerous defendants in exchange for large bribes.
Allegations claim that legal protection and clean chits for high-profile business individuals (such as Dilip Kumar Agarwal) were managed through his wife, with transaction amounts reaching up to Tk700 crore for certain cases.
The allegations include that he, along with his associates, orchestrated the mass transfer of judges and sub-registrars without adhering to policies, to create a system of bribery and patronage.
A complaint has been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), seeking an investigation into allegations of corruption involving hundreds of crores of taka against former interim government adviser Asif Nazrul and his personal secretary Md Masum.
Barrister M Sarwar Hossain, a Supreme Court lawyer, submitted the complaint to the ACC headquarters recently, attaching a newspaper report titled "Hundreds of crores exchanged in sub-registrar transfers in eight months".
It also alleges that established transfer policies were ignored, with lower-grade officials being posted to higher-grade offices in exchange for bribes, while some senior officials were transferred to lower-grade offices as punitive measures for refusing to pay.
In several instances, officials were transferred multiple times within a few months, with some receiving fresh transfer orders even before joining their new postings.
In the final days before his departure, the decision to grant legal protection and effectively acquit Diamond World owner Dilip Kumar Agarwal from multiple cases had significant involvement from the adviser's wife.
The outgoing adviser reportedly turned appointments and transfers in the Law and Expatriates' Welfare Ministry into a family business. Vast sums earned from these activities over the past 18 months were not retained in the country but laundered abroad.
Demands are now growing across various quarters for a thorough investigation into these allegations against the recently departed adviser and for the recovery of the laundered funds.
Dr. Asif Nazrul has strongly denied the corruption allegations, specifically in a statement on March 5, 2026, asserting that he did not take not a single taka corruptly during his time as an advisor in the interim government.
