Muhammed Aziz Khan, Anjuman Aziz Khan and Ayesha Aziz Khan have said they learned about an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) inquiry report concerning them only through recent media reports and have expressed willingness to cooperate fully with any official legal process.
In a statement, they said the monetary figures cited in newspaper reports — Tk 330.94 crore for Muhammed Aziz Khan, Tk 92.62 crore for Anjuman Aziz Khan, and Tk 287.43 crore for Ayesha Aziz Khan — reflect the assets regularly and transparently declared in their individual income tax returns submitted to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
They added that the figure attributed to Ayesha Aziz Khan was overstated by Tk 3 crore.
According to the statement, the income tax returns include detailed disclosures of assets as well as the sources of income. As such, the allegations of mis-declaration, inconsistency or mismatch between income and assets mentioned in media reports are misplaced, they claimed.
The statement also noted that reports correctly mentioned the absence of immovable property in the name of Muhammed Aziz Khan, saying he does not own any immovable assets in his personal capacity and therefore made no such declaration in his tax returns.
They further expressed concern over what they described as broad and unsubstantiated media allegations of siphoning money abroad, saying such claims are serious and should not be made without specific evidence or the completion of a judicial process.
The statement said Muhammed Aziz Khan, Anjuman Aziz Khan and Ayesha Aziz Khan have consistently complied with all statutory requirements and laws, both in Bangladesh and internationally, including regular filing of income tax returns.