Charge sheets against Falu, wife approved

Staff Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved charge sheets against former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu and his wife on charges of acquiring wealth worth around Tk 22 crores beyond known sources of income and concealing asset information.

ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to risingbd.

According to ACC sources, ACC Deputy Director Md Jahangir Alam filed the case against Falu, also chairman and managing director of a private television channel NTV, with Ramna police on May 15, 2017.

Falu was accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 178,668,398. According to case documents, the BNP leader concealed information about his wealth in the asset details submitted to ACC, Pranab Kumar said.

The commission also filed a case in the same year against Falu’s wife for allegedly acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income. She concealed information of the wealth worth around Tk 39,388,472, according to the case.


risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 22, 2019/MA Rahman/AI