ACC sues ex-AL leader of Faridpur town, his brother for amassing illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed two separate cases against former Awami League leader Sajjad Hossain Barkat and his brother Imtiaz Hossain Rubel for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information.

Barkat was the former general secretary of Awami League's Faridpur town unit and his brother Rubel was the former president of Faridpur Press Club.

ACC Deputy Director Ali Akbar filed the cases today, ACC Director (Media) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.

He said the siblings amassed illegal assets worth about Tk 73 crore and concealed information of Tk 54 crore.

In another case, Imtiaz Hossain Rubel was accused of illegally acquiring property worth around Tk 28 crore and concealing property information of Tk 17.9 crore.

On June 26, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) also filed another case with Kafrul Police Station against them for illegal income and laundering of Tk 2,000 crore.