National Citizen Party (NCP) spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain today claimed that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation against him over alleged corruption in transfers and promotions during the interim government tenure was “politically motivated”.
“This is not an investigation; it is an attempt to harass a political opponent,” Asif said at a press briefing at the Jatiya Press Club this afternoon.
He presented various government orders, administrative tribunal verdicts and other relevant documents to support his claims.
One of the allegations, Asif said, concerned the promotion of 135 assistant upazila youth development officers to the post of upazila youth development officer on May 11, 2026.
He claimed the order was issued when the BNP government was in power and after he had resigned from his interim government post.
“How could I take Tk 2 crore by arranging a promotion when I was not in charge of the government?” he asked.
Asif said he had resigned as adviser on December 10, 2025, and that his resignation was accepted the following day.
If there were allegations of irregularities in the promotion, those responsible at the time should be investigated, not him, Asif said.
The NCP leader also rejected an allegation that 38 upazila youth development officers had been removed from their acting responsibilities and posted elsewhere in exchange for Tk 76 lakh.
He said the allegation was inaccurate, as the acting responsibilities of 112 officials, not 38, had been cancelled.
According to Asif, 112 assistant upazila youth development officers were given acting responsibilities as upazila youth development officers on November 25, 2021. The decision was later cancelled following an administrative tribunal verdict.
“The ministry only implemented the tribunal’s verdict. Such administrative decisions do not come to the minister or adviser level; they are settled at the secretary level,” he said.
Asif also criticised an earlier remark by the ACC spokesperson that the commission had found “initial truth” in the allegations against him.
He said the remark had damaged his reputation after it was widely reported in the media, before the ACC later clarified the matter through a WhatsApp message to journalists.
“I had requested the ACC spokesperson to issue a clarification and remove the misleading reports caused by that statement. But we did not receive any response,” he said.
Asif said he had already started legal proceedings against the ACC over its attempt to damage his reputation and character.
Calling the incident a “media trial”, he said allegations should not be presented in a manner that makes someone appear guilty before the completion of legal proceedings.
“If someone is proven guilty through the legal process, then it can come to the media. There is no problem with that,” he added.
