ACC approves charges against Ekushey TV ex-chairman

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a charge sheet against three persons, including former Ekushey Television chairman Abdus Salam, in a case filed for laundering around Tk 26.7 lakh.

Two other accused are Ashraful Alam, current director and former managing director of Ekushey TV; and Fazlur Rahman Shikdar, former senior manager (finance) of the television channel.

ACC's deputy director Shamsul Alam will submit the charge sheet soon, said ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

The ACC filed the case on January 26, 2015.

Tk 26.7 lakh was withdrawn from the Karwan Bazar branch of Premier Bank with a cheque signed by Ashraful Alam.

As per Abdus Salam's direction, the money was converted to 30,000 Euro with help of broker house agents.

Fazlur kept 20,000 Euro at his mother-in-law's house in Dhaka's East Dania area from where Rab recovered the money on December 31, 2015.