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Published : 28 Apr 2025, 10:37 PM
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating allegations of corruption against former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president and MP Nazmul Hassan Papon.
The anti-graft watchdog’s spokesman Akhtarul Islam said a letter was sent to the board as part of the inquiry on Monday.
Another senior official said the letter had sought 27 types of information and documents. The BCB was asked to deliver them within seven workdays.
Papon, the former minister for youth and sports and managing director of Beximco Pharmaceuticals, is accused of accumulating “huge assets beyond known sources of income” at home and abroad by misusing the BCB and government funds.
The anti-corruption watchdog also alleges that he has laundered money abroad through Hundi in connivance with Beximco Pharmaceuticals officials.
The ACC officially launched an investigation against Papon on Mar 18 following the shift of the political landscape.
The commission’s Director General Akhtar Hossain told the media then that Papon had been accused of embezzling money through corruption during his tenure as BCB president.
Earlier on Mar 16, the court issued a travel ban on Nazmul, his wife Roksana Hassan, daughters Sunehra Rahman, Rushmila Rahman and son Rafsan Hassan.
In mid-March, the commission formed a three-strong probe team with its Deputy Director Md Saiduzzaman as the team leader. The other members of the panel are Assistant Director Monirul Islam and Deputy Assistant Director Subimal Chakma.
