DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned former chairman of the National Housing Authority Golam Nabi and 12 others.

ACC on Tuesday morning sent the notice to their addresses asking them to appear before its head office on September 22.

ACC deputy director and investigation officer Jatan Kumar Roy confirmed the matter to banglanews.

The anti-graft body summoned former chairmen of the National Housing Authority M Golam Nabi, Abdul Bari Khan and ATM Ataur Rahman.

They also include the Authority’s former members Khalekuzzaman and Ikranuzzaman and housing and public works ministry former joint-secretary Bijon Kanti Sarkar.

The ministry’s former senior assistant secretary Benjamin Haydar, supervising engineer Sultan Ahmed, former deputy director Azharul Haque, assistant accountant Matiar Rahman and the then cashier Mansur Alam are also included in the list.

Earlier on Sunday, a notice was sent to former state minister Alamgir Kabir and three others to be present at the ACC office on September 21.

ACC sources said that in between June 16, 2002 and October 10, 2006, the former state minister for housing and public works Alamgir Kabir sent a Demi-Official (DO) letter without any application to the then prime minister for setting up a residential area for cultural personalities.

Following the matter, it makes a Tk 155,250,900 loss for the government.

Later on March 6, ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar filed a case with Shahbagh Thana.

BDST: 1440 HRS, SEP 16, 2014