The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against Awami League joint general secretary and former lawmaker Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif and his wife Fauzia Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 32 crore.

The anti-graft agency on Sunday sent a letter to the National Board of Revenue, seeking detailed records of donations and grants made to two organisations linked to the children of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina — Saima Wazed Putul and Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

ACC director general Akhter Hossain at a press briefing said that the commission on Monday approved the cases against Hanif, a former member of parliament for the Kushtia-3 constituency, and his wife.

The ACC filed a case against Hanif on charges of amassing illegal assets worth Tk 27.39 crore and suspicious transactions of Tk 866 crore in his 18 bank accounts.

Another case was filed against Fauzia on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 4.69 crore and suspicious transactions Tk 33.13 crore in her 16 bank accounts.

The ACC also decided to issue a notice asking Hanif and Fauzia’s sons, Fahim Afsar Alam and Farhan Sadiq Alam, and daughter Tanisha Alam to submit wealth statements to the commission.

In the letter to the NBR, the commission sought necessary information and records of financial contributions to the Shuchona Foundation founded by Saima Wazed and the Centre for Research and Information, in which Sajeeb Wazed serves as a trustee.

The documents are essential for an ongoing inquiry into alleged misappropriation of funds from the corporate social responsibility allocations of various banks, said the letter.

The ACC letter also stated that Saima, as the chairperson of the Shuchona Foundation, and others were accused of embezzling funds from CSR funds, while Sajeeb and other members of Sheikh Hasina’s family were facing allegations of causing financial harm to the state by using public resources to advance political agendas through the CRI.

The ACC asked the NBR to urgently provide the relevant financial documents.

The commission in the petition also said that a seven-member inquiry team led by ACC deputy director Monirul Islam was formed to probe the allegations.

In March, the commission filed two cases against Saima, accusing her of collecting Tk 33 crore for the Suchona Foundation through corruption and fraud, and misusing state resources to secure the position of World Health Organisation Southeast Asia regional director.

The WHO has placed Saima on leave for an indefinite period from Friday amid several allegations of corruption against her in Bangladesh.

Earlier in January, Saima and Sajeeb were named in two cases filed over allegations of acquiring land plots in Dhaka’s Purbachal residential area by concealing information and abusing power.