Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Awami League lawmaker Abul Hasanat Abdullah, accusing him of amassing Tk 1.22 billion in illegal assets and engaging in large-scale money laundering over more than a decade.

According to the case statement filed by SM Rashedur Reza, Deputy Director of the ACC, on October 16, the former Barishal-1 MP allegedly acquired wealth worth Tk 197.1 million beyond his known sources of income and carried out suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 804.9 million through several bank accounts.

The case, lodged at the ACC's Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1, accuses Abdullah of abusing his position as a member of parliament between 2011 and 2024 to obtain undue f...