The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has filed a case against a man named Motalles Hossain for allegedly embezzling crores of taka by pretending to be former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's liaison officer.

In a press release on Monday, the CID said that the case has been filed at the Pallabi Police Station in the capital under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. In addition to Motalles Hossain, several other unidentified people have been named as accused in it.

According to the CID, evidence of transactions of about Tk 20 crore has been found in various bank accounts opened in the name of Motalles Hossain. Although he had a trade license for a company called 'ML Trading', in reality, no existence or business activities of the company were found.

To build relationships with influential circles, he sometimes introduced himself as the owner of a garment factory, sometimes as a tea garden entrepreneur or contractor. Later, it is alleged that he collected about Tk 15 crore from BNP-related circles by talking about Khaleda Zia's illness and embezzled it.

In this incident, more than 50 million taka of money in various bank accounts of Motalles Hossain has already been seized by the court order. The case number filed on Sunday afternoon is 19.