Dhaka, May 20 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his family members for questioning over allegations of land grabbing, embezzlement of loan funds, and money laundering.

In a letter sent on Tuesday, they were asked to appear at the ACC Headquarters in Dhaka's Segunbagicha on May 25 and 26.

The agency's Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the development to bdnews24.com.

The letter says the national anti-graft agency intends to record their statements in connection with an investigation into allegations of "tax evasion, land grabbing, misappropriation of loan funds, transfer and siphoning of money, and money laundering" involving Sobhan, his family ...