Tk400cr peon: CID launches money-laundering investigation into Jahangir Alam
Jahangir is accused of amassing a fortune of Tk400 crore
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has decided to initiate an investigation against Jahangir Alam, also known as "Pani Jahangir" who used to serve at Sheikh Hasina's residence Sudha Sadan, over allegations of laundering money abroad.
Jahangir is accused of amassing a fortune of Tk400 crore.
According to a press statement signed by CID's Special Superintendent of Police (media) Azad Rahman today (1 October), Jahangir, also the owner of AK Real Estate Limited, has allegedly laundered a significant amount of money to the United States through hundi.
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Jahangir initially served at Sheikh Hasina's residence Sudha Sadan, responsible for delivering food and water during various programmes, also earning him the nickname "Pani Jahangir".
After Sheikh Hasina became prime minister, he continued in his role within her household.
However, Jahangir, also the former vice president of Noakhali District Awami League, began identifying himself as a personal assistant to the former prime minister and amassed wealth, claiming to wield significant lobbying influence.
He accumulated substantial assets in both Noakhali and Dhaka, the statement reads.
According to the statement, Jahangir allegedly acquired assets worth over Tk400 crore and his wife, Kamrun Nahar, holds assets valued at Tk7.3 crore, including a 2,360 sq ft apartment in Dhanmondi, a car, and Tk73 lakh in business capital, along with Tk1.17 crore in bank deposits.
CID alleged that Jahangir himself owns agricultural and non-agricultural land worth Tk4 crore in his home district, two shops in Mohammadpur and New Market, a seven-storey building and two flats in Mirpur, a single-storey house in his village, and a four-storey house on his ancestral property in Noakhali's Chatkhil.
His movable assets include Tk2.52 crore in cash and bank deposits, a DPS of Tk2.75 lakh, an FDR of Tk1.3 crore, and his wife's bank balance of Tk27.97 lakh, a DPS of Tk18.75 lakh, and investments in partnership firms amounting to Tk6.24 crore, it added.
Earlier on 20 August, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) initiated an investigation into Jahangir for alleged corruption and irregularities.
