Sheikh Abdul Hannan, Bangladesh’s former Air Chief Marshal, has been arrested in Qatar in connection with corruption allegations in his home country, as per TOI report. Investigators accuse him of accumulating assets worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income and conducting suspicious transactions totalling Tk 27.63 crore through six personal bank accounts.Akhtarul Islam, deputy director of Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), said Interpol informed the agency that Qatari authorities detained Hannan on October 15. Islam confirmed the arrest to reporters in Dhaka on Sunday.
The ACC’s investigation has also raised questions about assets held by Hannan’s wife, alleged offshore wealth linked to Canada and Dubai, and properties registered in the names of his children in three countries.
