The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former chairman of Ekushey Television Abdus Salam for allegedly swindling the private TV channel out of about Tk34 crore.

ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said Shamsul Alam, deputy director of ACC, filed the case with Tejgaon Model Police Station against Salam under the panel code on Wednesday morning.

According to the ACC’s probe, Salam who is currently in jail, swindled out about Tk 34 crore preparing fake business promotion bill, on legal and professional fees, medical expenses, hotel expenses, foreign tour and for satellite charge of the TV channel from September 2004 to December 2015 when he was the chairman of the channel.

Salam was arrested on 6 January 2015 in a case filed against him under the Pornography Control Act in November 2014.

Earlier, the ACC on Tuesday approved a proposal for filing the case against him.