The national anti-graft agency summoned separately on Tuesday former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, BNP executive committee member Tabith Awal and Ha-Meem Group managing director AK Azad over graft allegations.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) asked them to appear before its headquarters in the city's Segunbagicha on May 7, 8 and 9 respectively, according to ACC sources.
Mr Bachchu was summoned by the commission for fifth time to interrogate over Tk 35 billion loan fraud from BASIC Bank, and alleged money laundering and illegal wealth accumulation by him.The commission, after nearly four years of investigation, filed a total of 61 cases -- 56 in 2015 and 5 in 2017 -- with three police stations in Dhaka accusing 156 individuals including 26 bank officials.
On a separate letter on Tuesday, ACC summoned BNP leader and businessman Tabith Awal to be present at the commission headquarters by 10:00am on May 8 as part of investigation of allegations of gaining illegal wealth and abnormal transactions in his bank accounts.
ACC on April 2 launched an investigation into an allegation of 'suspicious' bank transactions of Tk 1.25 billion by eight top BNP leaders in 30 days including Mr Awal.
Besides, another letter, signed by ACC director Mir Mohammad Jainul Abedin Shibly, was issued to businessman AK Azad to appear before the commission at 10:00am on May 9.
ACC launched an investigation against Mr Azad, a former president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), based on the allegations of amassing illegal wealth by him through VAT and tax evasion.The commission, previously asked Azad to be present at its head office on April 3 but he didn't respond to the call showing illness as a cause.
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