https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/corruption/ex-dhaka-wasa-md-salam-under-cid-investigation-alleged-money-laundering

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation into alleged overseas money laundering involving former Managing Director of Dhaka WASA, Md. Abdus Salam Bepari.

Special Police Super of the CID (Media) Jasim Uddin Khan said the investigation focuses on allegations that the removed Dhaka WASA chief illegally transferred large sums of money abroad.

"The probe will examine possible financial transactions, bank accounts, and assets acquired abroad through illicit means," he added.

Initial findings indicate that Salam Bepari, who joined Dhaka WASA as an assistant engineer in 1991, allegedly laundered money earned from various sources and acquired significant movable and immovable assets in countries including Canada and the United States, in the names of himself, his wife, and associates.

The investigation revealed that in 2018 he purchased a house in Toronto, Canada, under his name and that of his wife Mahbubunnesa. Information from the local land registration office shows the property's current value is about Tk 20 crore.

Various media reports also indicate that his family owns another house in Toronto.