The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday interrogated Transcom Group Chairman Latifur Rahman as part of an inquiry into his alleged illegal wealth. The commission deputy director M Nassir Uddin interrogated Latifur for about two hours at ACC’s interrogation cell at its head office, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhatacharjee. He said that during the interrogation Latifur’s lawyer Fakhruzzaman and physician Mujahidul Islam were present.

On October 11, the ACC initiated the inquiry against Latifur and summoned him to appear at the commission on October 18 (today) to give explanation about his alleged ‘illegal wealth’. The ACC suspected that Latifur and his family members possessed ‘illegal wealth’ which they laundered in different countries.

Pranab said that the commission initiated the inquiry against Latifur after they received a complaint from an unknown source that he and his family members accumulated huge ‘illegal wealth’ through evading vat, electricity bills and gas bills for different companies of the group. According to the complaint, Latifur and his family members laundered the illegal money in different countries while they also occupied government land. Transcom Group companies are — Eskayef Pharmaceutical Ltd, Mediastar Ltd, Transcom Beverages Ltd, Transcom Distribution Co Ltd, Transcom Foods Ltd, Transcom Electronics Ltd, Transcom Consumer Products Ltd, Bangladesh Lamps Ltd, Transcom Cables Ltd, Mediaworld Ltd, Tea Holdings Ltd, Reliance Insurance Ltd, Transcraft Ltd and Bangladesh Electrical Industries Ltd.