The Anti- Corruption Commission today is quizzing detained BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charge of siphoning off money abroad.
Khandaker Mosharraf was taken to the ACC headquarters from Ramna Model Police Station around 09:45am, Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya of the anti-graft watchdog told UNB.
An investigation officer of the commission started interrogating Khandaker Mosharraf at 10:00 am and later he will be produced before a court around 12:00pm, added Pranab Bhattacharya.Earlier, on Wednesday night, a team of Gulshan Police Station picked up the BNP leader from his Gulshan residence and handed over him to Ramna Police Station.
On February 6, ACC director Nasim Anwar filed a case with Ramna Police Station on charge of siphoning off money.
According to the first information report of the case, Mosharraf Hossain laundered 8.04 lakh UK pounds (equivalent to Tk 9.54 crore) to the United Kingdom when he was health and family welfare minister during the 2001-2006 tenure of the BNP government.
Before filing the case, the anti-graft watchdog collected documents related to his graft allegations from the British government through the mutual legal assistance request (MLAR) of the Attorney General Office.
After examining the package of evidence and other documents, the ACC found that a fixed term deposit of about 8.04 lakh pounds was deposited in a joint account (AC 108492) of Dr Mosharraf and his wife Bilkis Akhter Hossain at Lloyds TSB Offshore Private Banking, Guernsey. – UNB
