DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday approved charge-sheet against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over money laundering case.

ACC director Nasim Anwar submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in the afternoon.

ACC officer Abdus Salam confirmed the matter to banglanews.

According to the case statement, the BNP leader allegedly laundered around Tk 9.53 crore to different countries when he was the health and family planning minister from 2001 to 2006.

On February 6, the ACC filed a money laundering case against Mosharraf with Ramna Thana.

BDST: 2155 HRS, AUG 14, 2014