Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- A Dhaka court has summoned the income tax documents belonging to former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order on Thursday, following a plea from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The anti-graft agency's Deputy Director Aminul Islam told bdnews24.com that Deputy Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya had sought the decision in a petition filed at the court.

The petition said Majumder owned Tk 253.4 million in assets beyond his known sources of income, according to bdnews24.com.

It also claimed that the former minister was involved in suspicious transactions amounting to Tk 430 million across 65 bank accounts, adding that the seizure of his...