Dhaka, March 19 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has accused former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Golap of amassing "illicit assets" worth over Tk 680 million at home and abroad, including nine flats and houses in the United States.

The anti-graft watchdog greenlit a graft case against Golap, the publicity and publications secretary of the party which was ousted from power by a mass uprising last year.

On Wednesday, ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain said the case was being processed at the commission's integrated district Dhaka-1 office.

The agency's Deputy Director Nurul Huda initiated the case, he added.

Regarding the allegations against the former Madaripur-3 MP, the ACC official said he had acquired nine flats and ho...