The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday approved the charge sheet in a case filed on February 6 against former health and family welfare minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain for siphoning off overTk 9.53 crore to the United Kingdom.

ACC probes found that BNP leader Mosharraf amassed the amount by committing corruption during his stint as health minister from 2001 to 2006.

However, Mosharraf told the investigation officer that he earned the money while studying in the UK between 1970 and 1975 but he failed to show any document about how he had earned the money.

According to the charge sheet, Mosharraf and his wife Bilkis Akhter deposited the money in a joint account-108492- with Lloyds TSB Offshore Private Banking, St Peterport, UK.

It also found that the bank account was opened after 1994 using a diplomatic passport.

The couple violated a rule of Bangladesh Bank that says every citizen needs the bank's permission to open an account with any foreign bank, said an ACC official.

Bilkis's name is not included in the charge sheet as her involvement was not found, said a source in the ACC.