The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started interrogating owners of different printing houses over allegations of corruption in printing books of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.
A team of the commission led by assistant director SM Rashedul Hasan interrogated Sheikh Siraj Uddin, managing director of Letter N Colour Limited, at the commission鈥檚 Segunbagicha headquarters in Dhaka, said its deputy director Aktarul Islam.
The agency also summoned Master Simex Paper Ltd managing director Dewan Ali Kabir to appear at its headquarters on Tuesday at 10:00am for facing its interrogation.
On July 9, the commission summoned Sheikh Siraj Uddin and Dewan Ali Kabir to appear before it in connection with an inquiry into graft allegations against suspended leader of the National Citizen Party Gazi Salauddin Tanvir.
Earlier, it started an inquiry against Gazi Salauddin Tanvir over allegations of amassing illegal wealth worth hundreds of crores of taka through corruption and irregularities, including abuse of power, lobbying, extortion and 鈥榯ender trading鈥�.
The ACC also sent a letter to the NCTB chairman seeking information regarding 36 printing houses and details of their work in the past 10 years.
Commission officials said that it would interrogate all 36 owners of the printing houses in connection with the graft allegations.
The owners of the printing houses also had allegations against them of amassing illegal wealth, said an ACC official.
