The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against Awami League leader and former MP Abdus Sobhan Golap over allegations of illegally amassing wealth and suspicious financial transactions.
ACC Director General Aktar Hossain announced the decision at a press briefing on Wednesday, stating that Golap accumulated over Tk68 crore from undisclosed sources, while Tk97.63 crore moved through 53 bank accounts under suspicious circumstances.
Following an ACC request, a Dhaka court has ordered the attachment of all movable and immovable assets belonging to Golap, his wife Gulshan Ara Mia, son Ivan Sobhan Mia, and daughter Anisha Golap Mia.
The order, issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain on 19 January, includes a five-story house in Mirpur and nine properties in the United States—eight single-unit residences and one dual-family unit. Additionally, the court has frozen 53 bank accounts under their names.
Golap has been under legal scrutiny since 2 October 2024, when a travel ban was imposed on him. He was arrested on 25 August last year and remains in custody. Investigations reveal that he acquired properties in New York worth USD 4 million but failed to disclose them while running in the last parliamentary election.
The allegations against Golap first surfaced in a report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on 13 January 2023. In response, the High Court directed the ACC on 23 February 2023, to launch an official investigation into his overseas assets.
