Sumi Rahman, the wife of expelled Juba League office secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman, invested Tk 5 lakh in her poultry farm in 2018-19. She earned a revenue of around Tk 1 crore 25 lakh 20 thousand 500 from the poultry farm by next year. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has described it as unrealistic and imaginary.
ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, the investigating officer in the case, has mentioned this in the chargesheet of a case against Sumi Rahman.
In the chargesheet, the investigating officer said that the house that Sumi Rahman bought in Shukrabad in the capital with black money is also illegal. So in the income tax document, she has shown an income of Tk 2 crore 93 lakh 36 thousand 571. The income she has shown in the income tax documents of two crore 63 lakh taka is not acceptable after deducting an amounf of Tk 2 lakhs which she received as a wedding gift. In other words, Sumi Rahman bought all these assets with her husband Kazi Anisur Rahman’s illegal money. So, Sumi Rahman has the help of her husband Kazi Anisur Rahman in acquiring illicit wealth
According to the chargesheet, Sumi Rahman’s immovable assets are worth Tk one crore 36 lakh 50 thousand and movable assets are worth Tk 1.28 crore. Total net assets including Tk 60 thousand are 2 crore 63 lakh 62 thousand 216 taka. Her acceptable income is Tk 2 lakh. In other words, assets of Tk 2 crore 61 lakh 62 thousand 216 were found illegal against her which are incompatible with her income and non-known assets.
After analyzing 25 bank accounts in the name of Anisur Rahman and his organization in different banks of the country, it is said in the chargesheet given against him, from 2011 to 2020, the credit of Anisur Rahman and his organization has been Tk 129 crore 91 lakh 17 thousand 213. Reviewing his documents from 2011-12 tax year to 2019-20 tax year, it can be seen that he has earned Tk 6 crore 36 lakh 71 thousand 365 in various ways including business, shares, firms. In that case, he has committed a punishable offense under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by concealing his position by transferring, handing over and converting Tk 123 crore 54 lakh 45 thousand 848 of suspicious transactions.
The chargesheet further said that in the name of Kazi Anisur, Tk 6 crore 73 lakh 54 thousand 467 and movable assets of Tk 13 crore 68 lakh 24 thousand 75 taka, bank loan Tk one crore 52 lakh 77 thousand and 206 taka and his total net assets are Tk 18 crore 89 lakh 1335. But his acceptable income is Tk 6 crore 8 lakh 17 thousand 867 taka and his expenditure on that income is Tk 2 crore 14 lakh 46 thousand 368 taka. On the other hand, the savings or assets should be 3 crore 93 lakh 71 thousand 499 taka, i.e. 14 crore 95 lakh 29 thousand 836 taka illegal assets were found.
Chargesheet was filed against him for money laundering for illegal acquisition of assets worth Tk 14.95 crore and suspicious transactions worth Tk 123.54 crore.
Gulshan Anwar Pradhan, deputy director of the commission, filed a case on October 29, 2019 at the ACC’s integrated district office-1, alleging that the illegal assets of Tk 12 crore 80 lakh 60 thousand 920 were acquired inconsistently with the known income. On the same day, a case was also filed against Kazi Anish’s wife Sumi Rahman for acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 1.31 crore. After investigating the case, two separate chargesheets were filed against the two on February 8. The case is in the process of receiving two chargesheets.
Anisur Rahman surrendered to the court on March 9 and Sumi Rahman on November 26 last year and took bail.
