A lawyer has filed a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Professor Dr. Asif Nazrul, former legal adviser to the interim government, alleging corruption and illegal accumulation of wealth. The complaint was submitted on Wednesday by a Supreme Court lawyer, and the ACC has accepted it for review. The petition also requested an investigation into the alleged corruption and assets of Nazrul’s then personal secretary, Shamsuddin Masum, who now serves as a district judge.

According to the complaint, citing newspaper reports, during Nazrul’s tenure as legal adviser, large-scale bribery occurred in the transfer of sub-registrars within the Ministry of Law, amounting to around one billion taka. It alleged that transfer orders were issued or suspended based on bribe payments, with Masum acting as an intermediary in the transactions. The complaint described the corruption as widespread and requested the ACC to take appropriate legal action after investigation.

The ACC’s next steps or timeline for inquiry were not specified in the report.