ACC summons deposed PM Sheikh Hasina for questioning

The corruption watchdog sent a letter summoning the ousted prime minister to her addresses in Gopalganj and Sudha Sadan

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for questioning on May 8.

ACC Deputy Director Akhtarul Islam shared the information with the media on Wednesday.

The commission sent the letter signed by Deputy Director Monirul Islam, summoning the ex-prime minister to her addresses in Gopalganj and Sudha Sadan in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, he said.

The agency wants to interview the Awami League chief over “complaints of embezzling billions in the name of the development of airports in the country through fraudulence, forgery, irregularities and corruption over the last 15 years”.

Former state minister for civil aviation Mahbub Ali and ex-secretary Mokammel Hossain were also summoned on the same day.

A senior official at the ACC said the suspects would lose the opportunity of offering their explanations if they failed to face the questioning.

Earlier on Jan 27, the commission filed four separate cases against 19 people, including Hasina’s military advisor Tarique Ahmed Siddique, over the embezzlement of Tk 8.12 billion from different airport development projects.

Former civil aviation and tourism senior secretary Muhibul Haque and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) chairman Mofidur Rahman were also named in the cases.