Ex-MP Masud Uddin Chowdhury on 4-day remand in graft case

A court has placed former Feni-3 lawmaker Lieutenant General (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury on a four-day remand in a case lodged over allegations of embezzling Taka 119 crore through sending workers to Malaysia.

Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court passed the order as the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) produced Chowdhury before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand.

The same court on May 18, 2026 showed the former lawmaker arrested in the case.

The ACC has filed a case against former Feni-3 MP and retired Lt Gen Masud Uddin Chowdhury, over allegations of embezzling Taka 119 crore through irregularities in sending workers to Malaysia.

According to the case statement, Masud Uddin Chowdhury and others were involved in criminal breach of trust and abuse of power in labour recruitment activities.

During his tenure as MP, he acted as a recruitment agent and, using political influence, collected excess payments from migrant workers beyond the approved fee structure, it said.

The statement further said that additional charges were taken from 7,124 workers for passports, medical tests and other services, resulting in the
embezzlement of the funds.

He has been charged under the Penal Code, the Money Laundering Prevention Act and the Anti-Corruption Act.

A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained him during a raid in the Baridhara DOHS area of the capital on March 23.