SK Sinha’s brother brought under ACC scanner

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a two-member committee to investigate allegations of illegal wealth accumulation and money laundering against Ananta Kumar Sinha, a brother of former chief justice SK Sinha, reports UNB.

The probe body was formed immediately after the ACC took a decision to investigate the allegations brought against Ananta Kumar Sinha on Monday.

ACC formed the committee with one of its assistant directors, Gulshan Anwar, as its chief, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

He said there are allegations of money laundering, accumulating illegal wealth and purchasing of a house worth USD280,000 in New Jersy, USA, against Ananta Sinha.

ACC has been also investigating alleged transfer of Tk 40 million in the bank account of former chief justice SK Sinha.

On 25 September, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned five officials of The Farmers Bank Ltd, including its former managing director (MD) KM Shamim, for interrogation over the deposit of Tk 40 million in SK Sinha's account with the bank.

The other officials are executive officer Umme Salma Sultana, assistant vice-president Shafiuddin Askari Ahmed, first vice president Swapon Kumar Roy, former operation manager and vice president Md Lutful Haque and former head of business and senior executive vice president Gazi Salauddin.

On 6 May, ACC grilled two businessmen named -- Md Shahjahan and Niranjan Chadra Saha -- for allegedly taking Tk 4 crore in loan from The Farmers Bank Ltd using fake documents and depositing the money in the bank account of a VVIP.