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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and former Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) president and Exim Bank chairman Mohammad Nazrul Islam Mazumder over the alleged collection and embezzlement of Tk 276.345 crore from the CSR funds of 41 banks in the name of the ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust’.
ACC Assistant Director Ismail Hossain filed the case on Thursday at the ACC’s Dhaka-1 office.
ACC Secretary Saidur Rahman Khan disclosed the information at a press briefing.
He said the accused committed offences punishable under sections 409 and 109 of the Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, by collecting funds in favour of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust and causing unlawful financial loss to the state.
According to the case statement, the accused allegedly acted in collusion, abusing their power and committing criminal breach of trust, to collect a total of Tk 276 crore 34 lakh 50 thousand from the CSR funds of 41 banks in favour of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust.