DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will take an initiative to bring back the laundered money of BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain from abroad.      

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain acknowledged that he has around Tk 9.53 crore in United Kingdom’s bank but claimed that the money is legal and he earned the money in UK.                

The BNP leader made the confession to the anti-graft body on a 3-day remand.         

ACC sources said though he denied money laundering but an investigation by London Metropolitan Police found that the money has been laundered to Lloyds TSB Bank in London in a joint account with his wife.    

On Sunday, a Dhaka court has sent Mosharraf to prison after remand.  

ACC deputy director Ahsan Ali quizzed him on a 3-day remand.

On March 13, a Dhaka court placed Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on a 3-day remand in the money laundering case.               

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Ahsan Ali pleaded a three-day remand at Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court.       
   
On March 12, a team of ACC and Gulshan Thana Police jointly conducted a drive and raided Khandaker Mosharraf’s Gulshan residence and picked up him around 10:00pm Wednesday for his alleged involvement in laundering money.

The anti-graft body further said the BNP leader deposited around Tk 9.53 crore illegally in two UK-based banks in 2001-2005 while he was minister of BNP-led government. Mosharraf owned a huge amount of wealth during that period, ACC sources added.   

BDST: 1750 HRS, MAR 18, 2014