Dhaka, May 13 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Jahangir Alam, former director of the Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Project, accusing him of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 290 million.

The case was filed on Tuesday at the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, by Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan.

According to ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain, Jahangir Alam is accused of acquiring assets amounting to Tk 290.7 million outside of his known sources of income.

Additionally, suspicious transactions totalling Tk 1.27 billion were traced through 94 bank accounts linked to him.

The case further alleges that Alam was involved in money laundering to conceal his illegally acquired weal...