Case filed against Nassa Group Chairman

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against NASSA Group Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder for allegedly acquiring illegal assets worth more than Tk781.31 crore.

ACC Director General Md Aktar Hossain confirmed the matter on Sunday (February 16).

Nazrul Islam Mazumder is a much-talked name in the banking sector. He has been the chairman of Exim Bank since 2007. He was the chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB), an organization of bank entrepreneurs from 2009. As a close associate of the previous government, he controlled the banking sector for the last 16 years.

According to ACC, Nazrul Islam Mazumder amassed more than Tk781.31 crore. After investigation, ACC recommended case against him. The case was lodged by ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Shahjahan Miraj at the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1.

Earlier on October 2, last year, police arrested him from the capital’s Gulshan area.