The Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized 24.5 million taka (US$200,00) from the house of former DGFI director general Lt Gen Saiful Alam at the cantonment.
ACC Director General Akter Hossain revealed the development at a press briefing on Sunday.
An ACC team raided Saiful Alam’s house on 27 February and recovered an abnormally large sum of money. ACC chief Akter Hossain told reporters that the seized amount has already been submitted to the court.
On 11 September last year, the Army sent Saiful Alam into forced retirement and later arrested by the police. He assumed the role of DGFI chief during the tenure of the Awami League government.
The money was recovered during a raid at the Dhaka Cantonment home of Saiful, a lieutenant general who was sent into forced retirement from the army, on Feb 28, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC.
“The ACC is currently investigating Saiful Alam, the former DGFI chief. Acting on a tip-off, the ACC conducted a raid at his house on Thursday night. The money seized in the raid has been presented in court,” said ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain during a media briefing on Sunday.
After the fall of the Awami League government on Aug 5 last year, a complaint about Saiful’s unaccounted wealth was submitted to the graftbusters. The ACC’s Intelligence Branch has since gathered concrete evidence concerning his illicit assets.
Before his transfer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the wake of the government changeover, Saiful had served as the commandant of the National Defence College. He also held several high-ranking posts, including the army’s quartermaster general, director general of the DGFI, and general officer commanding, or GOC, of the 11th Infantry Division.
Earlier, the Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit froze Saiful’s bank accounts, along with accounts held by his wife and children and those associated with their businesses.
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