Shawdesh Desk:

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday decided to investigate the allegations of Tk 60,000 cr embezzlement against deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and niece Tulip Siddique.

The ACC spokesperson Aktarul Islam said the decision was taken following a complaint of chairman of Nationalist Democratic Movement Bobby Hajjaj.

On December 15, the High Court issued a rule seeking an explanation as to why the inaction of the ACC in probing the allegations of graft against Sheikh Hasina, her son Joy and niece Tulip in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project should not be declared illegal.

The High Court bench of Justice Fahmida Kader and Justice Mubina Asaf issued the rule following a writ petition in this regard.

The writ petition, filed on September 3 by Bobby Hajjaj, chairman of the National Democratic Movement, sought an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Tk 60,000 crore from the RNPP through a Malaysian bank by them.

Fourteen people, including secretary of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, ACC Chairman, Sheikh Hasina, Sajib Wazed Joy and Tulip Siddique were made respondents to the rule.