Testimony started against former IGP Benazir in the corruption case

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Testimony has begun against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed in the ACC’s case of illegal acquisition of more than 11 crore rupees.

ACC Deputy Director Hafizul Islam testified in the court of Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on Wednesday. The court has fixed May 20 as the next day of hearing. The bench assistant of the concerned court Sohanur Rahman confirmed this information.

On May 3, the trial of the case began with the filing of charges against Benazir Ahmed. On March 8, the court issued an arrest warrant against Benazir Ahmed after taking into account the charge sheet of the case.

ACC Deputy Director Hafizul Islam filed this case against Benazir on December 15, 2024 as the plaintiff. After the investigation, on November 30 last year, Hafizul Islam filed a charge sheet against him on charges of acquiring assets outside of known income, concealing information about assets and money laundering.

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It is said in the charge sheet of the case, Benazir Ahmed has declared immovable assets of Tk 6 crore 45 lakh 37 thousand 365 and movable assets of Tk 5 crore 74 lakh 89 thousand 966 in the statement of assets submitted by him. However, in the investigation, the information of immovable assets worth 7 crore 52 lakh 68 thousand 987 rupees and 8 crore 15 lakh 31 thousand 264 rupees was found in his name.

In the investigation, evidence of acquisition of total wealth of Tk 15 crore 68 lakh was found, but Tk 6 crore 59 lakh 42 thousand 668 was found as legitimate source of income. If expenses are excluded, the net savings is 4 crore 63 lakh 56 thousand 675 taka. According to this, his known non-income assets amount to 11 crore 4 lakh 43 thousand 576 taka.

The charge sheet further states that Benazir Ahmed invested, transferred and converted these funds in various bank accounts, business establishments and joint ventures by concealing the illegal source, nature and ownership.