Dhaka: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka, for not submitting his wealth statements on stipulated time.

ACC deputy director Mahbubul Alam filed the case with the Ramna police as the accused failed to provide necessary information on his wealth, as asked by the commission by the set deadline, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumer Bhattacharya confirmed.

The commission earlier on 2 April served a notice to Sohel Rana, through the senior jail super of Kashimpur Jail asking him to submit his wealth statement consisting of detail info on all his movable and immovable properties under Section 26 (1) of the Anti Corruption Commission Act 2004.

As the accused failed to comply with the notice, a commission meeting on May 18 approved filing of the case against the accused Rana.

The ACC began inquiry into Rana’s wealth soon after Rana Plaza, an eight-storey building collapsed at Savar on 24 April 2013 killing at least 1135 people and injuring over 2435 people, mostly ready-made garment workers.

According to ACC inquiry, Sohel Rana owns 23 bank accounts, two brick fields and two commercial towers and a lot of land at Savar. The bank accounts are associated with Exim Bank, National Bank, Dutch Bangla Bank and BRAC Bank.

The two towers are: collapsed Rana Plaza and an eight-storey building named Rana Tower in Savar.

The accused also owns a five-storey residential building at Savar and a two-storey building at Joymandap village in Manikganj, according to ACC.

Rana has two brick fields — Rana Bricks and MAK Bricks at Dhamrai, and oil mill named Rana Oil Mill in Savar bus stop area.

During inquiry, the probe body members also found that Rana has one private car, one microbus and two trucks.

On 28 April 2013, police arrested Sohel Rana in Benapole as he was reportedly trying to leave the country.