Crime & Justice

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed three separate cases against former Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) driver Syed Abed Ali, his wife Shahreen Akhtar Shipi, and their son Syed Sohanur Rahman Siam.

They have been accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 5.37 crore and conducting suspicious financial transactions of around Tk 45 crore.

The cases were lodged at the ACC’s integrated district office in Dhaka, confirmed Akhtar Hossain, director general of the ACC.

According to the case documents, Abed is accused of suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 41.29 crore across 12 bank accounts, including deposits of Tk 20.88 crore and withdrawals of Tk 20.41 crore. He also allegedly acquired assets worth Tk 3.73 crore beyond his known sources of income.

Shipi is accused of amassing Tk 1.26 crore in illegal wealth. She reportedly conducted suspicious transactions of Tk 3.56 crore, with deposits of Tk 1.79 crore and withdrawals of Tk 1.78 crore from two bank accounts.

Meanwhile, their son Siam is accused of acquiring wealth worth Tk 3.30 crore beyond his legitimate income sources.

In July last year, Abed was arrested along with 17 others by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a question paper leak scandal at the PSC.

The ACC subsequently launched an investigation into his activitie