The CID has filed a money laundering case against former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, alleging that he laundered Tk 1,200 crore to the UAE, purchasing 226 flats in Dubai.

Investigators revealed the flats are worth over 335 million dirhams, alongside two properties under his wife Rukmila Zaman’s name worth 2.25 million dirhams. Authorities also traced four bank accounts linked to the couple, with transactions totaling over Tk 311 crore.

According to CID, the funds were funneled through various business ventures, in violation of Bangladesh’s Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 (Amendment 2015).