The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed separate cases against former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu and his wife and former lawmaker Afroza Haque, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury.

The anti-graft body also launched an investigation against former health minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim over allegations of taking 10-15 percent commissions from contractors in different projects across the country.

ACC Director General Akhtar Hossain confirmed the developments at the commission's headquarters in Dhaka's Segunbagicha yesterday.

Inu and Afroza were accused of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 4.84 crore and Tk 1.50 crore respectively. Additionally, Inu allegedly conducted suspicious transactions worth Tk 11.88 crore from his four bank accounts.

ACC also filed three separate cases against SK Sur, his wife and daughter over abusing power, acquiring wealth illegally and conducting suspicious bank transactions. In the cases, SK Sur has been made accused of acquiring and possessing Tk 1.99 crore wealth beyond his known sources of income, possessing US$ 169,300 and 55,000 euro in foreign currencies, and 1,005.4 grammes of gold ornaments valued at around Tk 5.96 crore.

SK Sur's wife Suparna allegedly acquired and possessed Tk 4.10 crore in wealth beyond her known sources of income with assistance of her husband, while their daughter Nandita was made accused of illicitly acquiring and possessing assets worth Tk 74.71 lakh by abusing her father's power.

Regarding the investigation launched against Sheikh Selim, Akhtar Hossain said, "There are allegations that Sheikh Selim abused his power by awarding work orders for projects worth Tk 1,300 crore to preferred contractors in exchange for commissions."