The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved framing charge against the sacked army officer Shahid Uddin Khan and his family members on allegations of illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 40 crore beyond known source of income.
Shahid’s family members are, his wife Farzana Anjum and daughters Shehtaz Munasi Khan and Parisa Pinaz Khan. The charge-sheet was approved on Tuesday.
Nazmul Hussain, ACC deputy director and investigation officer said that the charge sheet shall be submitted soon.
Earlier on April 28, 2022, ACC Deputy Director Jalal Uddin Ahmed filed the case against Shahid Uddin Khan and others as the plaintiff.
ACC Md Mahbub Hossain said that during the investigation, the commission has found evidence against Shahid Uddin Khan, his wife and two daughters of illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 39.73 crore.
ACC filed a case against dismissed Bangladesh Army Colonel Shahid Uddin Khan, his wife and two daughters on charges of accumulating illegal wealth worth around Tk 40 crore last year.
Jalal Uddin Ahmed, deputy director of the ACC's Dhaka integrated district office-1, lodged the case.
According to the case statement, the ACC has found evidence against Shahid Uddin Khan and his family for acquiring around Tk39.73 crore wealth beyond known income sources. The illegal assets include a flat in Dhaka's Baridhara, Tk 26 crore fixed deposit with FAS Finance and Investment Limited, Tk 5 crore deposit with Eastern Bank and shares of different companies.
After finding initial evidence of illegal assets, the ACC said it had issued a notice to Shahid Uddin Khan seeking details of his assets. But no report was submitted to the ACC on behalf of Shahid Uddin Khan.
On 15 January 2019, police raided Shahid Uddin Khan's house in Dhaka's Cantonment area and recovered two pistols, six bullets, two shotguns and counterfeit money worth Tk 3 lakh.
On 17 January that year, counter terrorism unit of police had filed a case under the Special Powers Act against five people, including Shahid Uddin Khan, in connection to the counterfeit currency. In addition, another lawsuit was filed in connection to possessing illegal fire arms.
The arms case alleges that the accused conspired with a banned militant group to threaten the sovereignty of the government and the state and to disrupt public safety.
Earlier on 10 November 2020, four individuals including Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife Farzana Anjum Khan were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in the arms case.
On 20 December 2020, a Dhaka court sentenced Shahid Uddin to 9 years in prison in a tax evasion case.
Shahid Uddin Khan and members of his family are currently living in the United Kingdom.
