ACC submits charge sheet against GK Shamim, his mother for amassing wealth illegally

The Anti-Corruption Commission today pressed charges against GK Shamim, an expelled Jubo League leader and also a top contractor of government projects, and his mother Ayesha Akhter on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore.

ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka this afternoon.

On October 21, 2019, the ACC filed the case against Golam Kibria alias GK Shamim and his mother for accumulating illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore. But the investigation agency found involvement of accruing illegal wealth of Tk 300 crore, according to the charge sheet. 

GK Shamim showed his accumulated immoveable property at Tk 40.21 crore in his income tax documents of 2018-19 tax year, though actually it was Tk 50 crore, according to the complaint.

He also failed to show the legal source of his income.

In the same tax year, he showed his moveable property at Tk 38.69 crore. Of the amount, he failed to show the legal source of Tk 36.35 crore, the complaint said.

The commission found that Shamim's business firm GKB Company and Private Limited was worth around Tk 43.57 crore. Shamim is the owner of 80 percent of the company while his mother Ayesha owns the rest.

The commission did not find any legal source of income of Shamim's mother, the complaint said.

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