Dhaka, July 24 -- Land Minister under Awami League regime Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, his wife Rukmila Zaman, herself an ex-chairperson of United Commercial Bank (UCBL) and 29 others were sued Thursday over allegedly embezzling and laundering Tk 25 crore from UCBL.

The others accused in the case include Javed's brother Asifuzzaman Chowdhury, sister Roksana Zaman Chowdhury, 13 former UCBL directors, six former officials, and nine employees of the Aramit Group, which the Chowdhury family owned.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Moshiur Rahman lodged the case at ACC's Chattogram District Office-1 on Thursday, said Subel Ahmed, deputy director of the office.

According to the case statement, the accused used five fraud co...