Anti- Corruption Commission ( ACC) seized assets worth TK 10,310 crore in the country and Tk 165 crore abroad in the last six months.

ACC Director General (Prevention) Md. Akhter Hossain announced the matter in a regular briefing on Monday afternoon.

The commission seized the assets of influential ministers of the previous government Anisul Haque and Junaid Ahmed Palak.

The agency has seized assets worth Tk 10,310 crore in the country and Tk 165 crore abroad in the last six months.

Similarly, ACC seized assets of S Alam Group, which is accused of looting thousands of crores of taka in the banking sector, and Bashundhara Group, which is accused of various irregularities. The ACC is already seizing their assets in the country and abroad.

Since the change of government, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been active in seizing the assets of corrupt politicians and businessmen amassed during the previous government.

ACC data for the past six months shows that the court has ordered the seizure of assets worth Tk 10,310 crore in the country and Tk 165 crore abroad in 74 orders.

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However, former ACC Director General Moidul Islam believes that it should be investigated whether the seizure of assets abroad is actually being implemented.

Today, the ACC filed a case against former Khulna-6 MP Md. Akhtaruzzaman on charges of acquiring illegal assets worth about TK 3.5 crore.

The agency's Assistant Director Md. Shahidur Rahman filed the case, he said.

According to the investigation, information has been found on Akhtaruzzaman's assets worth TK 13.47 crore while Tk 3.47 crore was found as legal income assets.

A case has been filed against him under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act on this allegation.

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A case has also been filed against former Dhaka South City Corporation councilor Akash Kumar Bhowmik, ward number 59, and his wife.