Staff Reporter :
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Joint Secretary General and mp from Munshiganj-1 lawmaker Mahi B Chowdhury spoke to the media after an ACC’s interrogation in Dhaka’s Sengunbagicha on Sunday.
He has brushed aside the money laundering allegations brought against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) saying it is a “conspiracy”.
“I am a victim of a conspiracy that started before the [December 30] national election… I have never laundered money abroad and if I have any money abroad that has been earned legally. I have never amassed wealth illegally,” Mahi said on Sunday.
The Bikalpa Dhara joint secretary general was speaking to the media after an ACC’s interrogation in Dhaka’s Sengunbagicha.
“The ACC summoned me and I am not embarrassed,” he said.
The media would be briefed tomorrow (Aug 27), said Mahi B Chowdhury adding that the ACC wanted to know about his income and expenditure and the tax details for last 10 years.
Earlier on August 4, Mahi and his wife were summoned by ACC Deputy Director Jalal Uddin Ahmed over allegations of money laundering and accumulating wealth by illegal means and were asked to remain present at the ACC office on August 7.
On August 7, the couple sought time for facing the interrogation and the ACC then sent them another notice to present at ACC offices on August 25.
According to ACC, the son of former President Dr AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury laundered money to the United States and amassed a huge amount of money beyond known sources of income. The graft watchdog is now trying to trace the sources of the couple’s wealth with assistance from different banks.
