ACC grilling Moosa bin Shamsher

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is questioning business tycoon Moosa bin Shamsher over possession of unaccounted wealth.

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ACC summons Moosa bin Shamsher

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ACC Deputy Director Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (public relations) said the interrogation started around 10am on Thursday.

The commission’s Senior Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli is questioning Moosa bin Shamsher at ACC’s Segunbagicha office .

ACC sent summons to Shamsher's Gulshan home and his DATCO office in Banani on Dec 4.

The commission decided to probe Shamsher on Nov 3 after 'Business Asia' reported he had $ 7 billion stashed away in a Swiss bank.

Often referred to as ‘Bangladesh’s prince’ in foreign media, the businessman is related through marriage to Awami League’s presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Selim.

His eldest son Bobby Hajjaj is special advisor to Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad.

Shamsher, from Faridpur, began trading in manpower through the DATCO Group he founded in 1974, but is better known in foreign media for his alleged ties to weapons trade.

The ACC, in 2011, had decided to probe Shamsher after another newspaper reported he had Tk 510 billion in Swiss banks, but without much progress.