Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to file a case against former road transport minister Obaidul Quader and 13 ex-secretaries for "misusing power" to allocate flats, built on land acquired for rehabilitating affected people of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project, to themselves.

On Monday, Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the approval of the case by the national anti-graft agency.

He added that investigations and enforcement operations have established the truth of the allegations against them.

Media reports moved the ACC into action.

The approximately 20km-long Dhaka Elevated Expressway will end at Jatrabari's Kutubkhali on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway from Kaula near the airport. The project,...