Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to reinvestigate the Padma Bridge corruption and conspiracy case and the Bangabandhu Novo Theater corruption case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain briefed the media on the development of the investigation into the corruption involving Sheikh Hasina and her family members at Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday.
The ACC investigation team said that a letter has been sent to the secretary of the Chief Adviser seeking information in the investigation into Sheikh Hasina's embezzlement of Tk21,000 crore in mega eight projects.
“An investigation team has been formed. The members of the investigation team are writing letters to various offices to collect documentary evidence,” the ACC official added.
Saying that it is part of their investigation, he said after receiving the information, the members of the team will review it.
Along with this, the supporting documents to prove the allegations and the people involved in the allegations will be questioned in this regard.
Meanwhile, the ACC has written to the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) to summon all the documents of the domestic and foreign transactions of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s daughter and British minister Tulip Siddique.
In the letter sent by the ACC head office, the investigation team has asked for detailed information on all accounts, including offshore bank statements operated in the names of the suspects.
In addition, the investigation team has summoned personal documents of the people involved in the allegations in the first phase and has summoned documents from the Election Commission, and the Immigration and Passport Office.
Soon, letters will be sent to some more government and private institutions, summoning documents.
Earlier, on December 18, the ACC formed a five-member team to investigate the corruption allegations against Sheikh Hasina and her family members.
The team to investigate the corruption involving Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed, sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddique will be led by ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin while the other members of the team are Deputy Director Md Saiduzzaman, Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya, SM Rashedul Hasan and AKM Mortuza Ali Sagar.
This ACC team is investigating allegations of corruption worth Tk21,000 crore in eight special priority projects of the previous Awami League government while it will also investigate corruption worth Tk59,000 crore in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project.
