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Monir Hossain – also known as Golden Monir – amassed Tk 21.82 crore in illegal assets, including 41 flats in Dhaka, says the Anti-Corruption Commission.
An ACC investigation team unearthed Monir’s ill-gotten wealth by scrutinising documents from a number of bank accounts, the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), and a few other government departments.
Speaking to The Business Post, commission officials said Monir had Tk 55.77 crore in assets from FY 2010-11 to FY 2020-21, and of the figure, he spent Tk 7.25 crore on his family members.
During the period, Monir’s legal income of Tk 26.69 crore was gained from flat rents, salary, business, and interest from security deposits. But he also had Tk 21.82 crore of movable and immovable assets under his own and his wife Rowshan Ara’s names, but she is a housewife with no source of income.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating another case filed on the same allegation.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Monir on 20 November 2020. RAB said they seized a foreign-made pistol, bullets, foreign liquor, currencies of ten countries, eight kilograms of gold ornaments and Tk1.9 crore in cash from his Merul Badda residence in Dhaka.
Later, the RAB filed three cases against Golden Monir, his wife, son, daughter, sister and brother in law, as well as Sirajganj Upazila chairman and the district Awami League Convener Riyaz Uddin with the Badda police station.
RAB officials had also told the media that Monir Hossain was involved with gold smuggling, and this is why he is known as Golden Monir.
The ACC and CID later launched separate investigations on cases filed against Monir on allegations of money laundering, possessing narcotics and illegal arms. He has been in prison since his arrest.
On December 1, 2020, the ACC summoned the Dhaka North City Corporation’s Ward Councilor Shafiqul Islam, two RAJUK employees and Monir’s family on December 1, 2020 as part of their ongoing investigation on the matter.
