Mashrakha Jahan Mona

Former chairman of Padma Bank (formerly Farmers Bank) Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat has built a mountain of wealth through corruption.

He also kept wealth in the name of family members to hide the source of illegally acquired wealth. He has established institutions abroad by money laundering. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has disclosed this information.

Undercover investigations by the intelligence unit of the ACC have found evidence of huge wealth in the name of Nafiz Sarafat.

The ACC is investigating two charges against him. One is the allegation of misappropriation of about thousands of crores of rupees from the bank through fraud and fraud while he was in charge of the chairman of Padma Bank. The other is the acquisition of assets outside known income through irregularities and corruption.

Nafiz Sarafat's house is in Gopalganj. He has homes and businesses in the United States and Canada. According to a source, he is currently in the United States. Several calls were made to his mobile phone to get a statement on the complaint but the number was found to be dead.

According to sources, during the investigation, the ACC got information about unusual wealth in his name. The legitimate source of those assets could not be found. A paved building has been constructed in the name of Nafiz Sarafat's mother at No. 201 Graveyard Road in Miapara of Gopalganj Municipality. Nafiz spent money on the construction of the building. The building houses the branch office of Padma Bank.

He is the owner of 4 thousand 345 square feet on the third floor of Crystal Palace, 22, Biruttam Mir Shaukat Road, Dhaka. Nafiz Sarafat is the owner of the building where the Padma Bank branch office is located on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in Dhaka. He has a flat number E/12 of E block in Bashundhara of Dhaka, a flat in Panth Green House of Green Road, an office flat of Padma Bank Securities in Baridhara of Dhaka.

Anjuman Arara, wife of Nafiz Sarafat owns house at Road-102 and 103 at No. Gulshan-2. Nafiz Sarafat purchased house number 3 on road number 2/A of Nikunj-1, plot number 43 on road number 3 of Nikunj-1, flat in Mariam Tower, Baridhara in the name of mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Apart from this, he bought a flat in Nikunj-2 in the name of his brother. His brother Habibullah Sarafat and sister Dalia Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat are members of the Canadian University Council. He has also financed these. Son Chowdhury Rahib Sarafat and daughter Chowdhury Zahra Sarafat since the age of 12 have been members of the Canadian University Council.

Anjuman Ara is the owner of Strategic Finance and Investment. He is the owner of Centiel Trustee and Custodial Service Limited in Moghbazar, Dhaka. Nafeez Sarafat is the Independent Director of Alternative Investment Fund. He owns Argus Creditrating Service BDBL Building. He owns the popular Life First Mutual Fund. He owns First Bangladesh Fixed Income, Race Portfolio Issue Management, Race Management Private Company, Strategic Equity Management, Unique Meghnaghat Power.

Tk 500 crores were kept in the name of Chief Accounts Officer/Legal Officer Nurul Islam in the name of Hazrat Amanat Shah Spinning Mills, Hazrat Amanat Shah Securities, Amanat Shah Weaving Processing, Amanat Shah Lungi and Amanat Shah Fabrics among the eight subsidiaries of Nafiz Sarafat Reliance Group and Amanat Shah Group. invested, which is secret.

According to ACC sources, Nafiz Sarafat has three companies in Toronto, Canada.