ACC approves charge sheets against Mirza Abbas

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved charge sheets against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas in the case of amassing illegal wealth of Tk20.76 crore.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman accepted the charge sheet on Wednesday (March 15). The court also shifted the case to special judge-6 court for the next hearing.

Earlier on December 27, ACC Deputy Director and the investigation officer of the case Nurul Huda filed the charge sheet in the special judge's court in Dhaka.

On 7 July, 2019, the former Assistant Director of the ACC Salahuddin and investigation officer at the Shahjahanpur police station of the capital had filed the case alleging that Abbas had acquired assets worth Tk 20.76 crore.