{"id":37372,"date":"2025-08-04T17:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=37372"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:37:32","slug":"former-mayor-jahangir-and-two-others-face-embezzlement-case-worth-rs-7-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=37372&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Jahangir and two others face embezzlement case worth Rs 7.5 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is filing a case against former Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Jahangir Alam and two others on charges of embezzlement and laundering of 7,500 crore taka. Today, Sunday (August 3), ACC Deputy Director Md. Akhtarul Islam gave this information. He said that former GCC mayor Jahangir Alam, through collusion, created fake tenders and bills in the City Corporation and gave work to a contracting company owned by him. Through this, he embezzled 7,500 crore taka from the government development fund and the City Corporation&#8217;s revenue fund and laundered it abroad. Apart from Jahangir Alam, GCC&#8217;s Chief Accounting Officer Golam Kibria has also been named as an accused in the case. In addition, the ACC has filed two separate cases against former Minister of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur U Shai Singh and his wife on charges of illegal assets worth about Tk 11.5 crore and suspicious transactions worth Tk 74 crore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is filing a case against former Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh-en"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=103&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Bangladesh<\/a>","tag_info":"Bangladesh","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-04T173657.982.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44815,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=44815&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":0},"title":"Former Land Minister Saifuzzaman&#8217;s 3 associates remanded for 10 days","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"October 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The court has granted a total of 10 days' remand to three associates of former Land Minister Saifuzzaman in two cases filed by the ACC on corruption charges. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz gave this order after the hearing today (October 23). The accused are - Proprietor of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=284&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T153751.438.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T153751.438.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T153751.438.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T153751.438.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-23T153751.438.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32115,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=32115&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":1},"title":"Former MD of Islami Bank Monirul Mawla in jail","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"June 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A court has ordered the arrest of former Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC Monirul Mawla in a case filed on charges of embezzlement. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Monday (June 23)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=284&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T124059.632-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T124059.632-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T124059.632-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T124059.632-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T124059.632-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50078,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=50078&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":2},"title":"7.5 billion taka looted from 9 banks in Chittagong","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"December 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Around 7.5 billion taka looted from 9 government and private banks in Chittagong. A fraud ring that has been built up over the years by showing fake institutions, named individuals and invisible business transactions has embezzled this money by sanctioning loans. Big business groups and former Awami League ministers looted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Our Chattogram&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Our Chattogram","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=117&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-10T105149.414_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1765342430&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-10T105149.414_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1765342430&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-10T105149.414_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1765342430&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-10T105149.414_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1765342430&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled_design_-_2025-12-10T105149.414_1200x630.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1%3Fv%3D1765342430&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40424,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=40424&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":3},"title":"Jamaat leader killed in Cox&#8217;s Bazar accident","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"August 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Jamaat leader named Jahangir Alam (45) was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Pekua, Cox's Bazar. The accident occurred on Monday (August 25) night in the Monaf Farm area of \u200b\u200bBholaiyaghona on the East Gonakhali-Siradia road in Pekua upazila. The deceased Jahangir Alam is the son\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;misc&quot;","block_context":{"text":"misc","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=268&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-26T160752.160.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-26T160752.160.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-26T160752.160.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-26T160752.160.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-26T160752.160.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28060,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=28060&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":4},"title":"7 former ministers and MPs arrested in new case","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"May 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A court has approved the application to show the arrest of 7 people, including Awami League presidium member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu and former law minister Anisul Haque, in a separate case filed by Jatrabari Police Station in the capital over the anti-discrimination student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-14T135515.689-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-14T135515.689-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-14T135515.689-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-14T135515.689-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-14T135515.689-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41652,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=41652&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":37372,"position":5},"title":"Government has decided to reduce the sentences of prisoners: Home Affairs Advisor","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"September 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The government has decided to reduce the sentences of convicted prisoners, Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said. He informed this information to reporters at the Secretariat today, Sunday (September 14). The Home Affairs Advisor said that the government has decided to reduce the sentences of convicted prisoners who have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=284&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T151838.427-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T151838.427-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T151838.427-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T151838.427-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T151838.427-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37374,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37372\/revisions\/37374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}