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DHAKA, Jan 6, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today showed former state minister
for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Safi Muddaser Khan Jyoti, son of former home
minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, arrested in separate graft cases filed by
the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain passed the orders,
as police produced the duo before the court and pleaded to show them arrested
in the cases, ACC counsel Mahmud Hossain Jahangir told BSS.
Of the two, Palak was shown arrested in a case filed under the Anti-
Corruption Commission Act and Money Laundering Prevention Act. Investigation
officer ACC assistant director Al Amin filed the petition before the court,
pleading to show him arrested in the case.
On the other hand, investigation officer and ACC assistant director Md Abul
Kalam Azam filed a petition to show Jyoti arrested in a case filed for
amassing illegal wealth of Taka 19,89,78,502 in collusion with his father
former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Jyoti is also accused of
transferring and converting Taka 84,77,57,572 through a company launched in
his name.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak was arrested from capital's Nikunja Residential Area on
August 14, while Jyoti was arrested from a house in the capital's Uttara area
on September 13.