The Crime Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to reinvestigate the Padma Bridge corruption and conspiracy case. ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain briefed on various issues at Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday (December 24).
The ACC said that the ACC has started a reinvestigation of the Padma Bridge corruption conspiracy case. The agency has also decided to reinvestigate the Novotheater corruption case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Although she was accused in three cases, she was later acquitted.
The ACC investigation team said that a letter has been sent to the secretary of the chief advisor seeking information in the investigation into Sheikh Hasina’s embezzlement of Tk 21,000 crore in 8 projects.
ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain briefed on various issues at Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday (December 24).
When journalists asked about this, ACC Director General (Prevention) Akhter Hossain said that journalists have been informed about this issue before. An investigation team has been formed. The members of the investigation team are writing letters to various departments to collect documentary evidence. This is part of their investigation work. After receiving the information, the team members will review it. Along with this, the supporting documents to prove the allegations and those related to the allegations will be questioned in this regard.
Meanwhile, the ACC has written to the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) requesting all the documents of the domestic and foreign transactions of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana’s daughter and British minister Tulip Siddique.
In a letter sent by the ACC head office today, the agency’s investigation team has sought detailed information on all accounts, including the account statements of offshore banks operated in the names of the suspects. In addition, the investigation team has first summoned the personal documents of the people involved in the allegations and summoned documents from the Election Commission and the Immigration and Passport Office.
The investigation team has written to the BFIU to provide documents on offshore bank accounts held in their names and details of transactions in banks and financial institutions in the country. Letters will be sent to some more government and private institutions soon, requesting documents.
Earlier, on December 18, the ACC formed a five-member team to investigate corruption allegations against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.
