Lalmonirhat AL leader, two others prosecuted for money laundering

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a case against three people, including the Lalmonirhat district unit of Awami League Joint General Secretary Sakhawat Hossain Suman Khan and his wife Nahida Aktar Ruma, for alleged money laundering and illegal accumulation of wealth.

District Assistant Superintendent of Police (CID) Abdul Hay Sarkar filed the case at Sadar police station last night (October 31).

He said the AL leader, locally known as Hundi Suman, is being targeted over allegations of land grabbing, Hundi business, smuggling, tender rigging and other crimes.

The CID has been investigating the hundi cases, money laundering, illicit wealth amassing and gold smuggling for a long time, the CID officer said.

According to the order of the case, Suman Khan has more than Tk237.59 crore in his bank accounts, his wife Nahida has more than Tk4.39 crore and his staff Harun has more than Tk186.95 crore in their bank accounts.

Despite having no legal sources of income, the three traded vast amounts of money through banking channels and other means.

Based on these allegations, a case was filed against them under Section 4(2) of the Money Laundering Act 2015.

CID officer Abdul Hay confirmed that they will conduct the investigation as per regulations and efforts are being made to arrest the suspect.