Dhaka, June 30 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned six former officers of Election Commission Secretariat in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged "corruption and irregularities" in the procurement of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

They have been asked to appear before the agency on Wednesday, the anti-graft watchdog's spokesman Akhtarul Islam said on Sunday.

Rakibul Hayat, assistant director and head of the ACC's inquiry team, sent a letter summoning them to the Election Commission secretary on Jun 26, he said.

An ACC senior officer said those summoned include former deputy chief of the EC Secretariat Saiful Haque Chowdhury, former assistant chief Mahfuzul Haque, former IT System consultant of the ...