Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud Tuesday said the graft watchdog is investigating if the people whose name appeared in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers have any illegal wealth or not.
He said this while speaking with the media at his office.
ACC has already summoned seven people whose name appeared in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.
The ACC chairman said four appeared at the ICC Monday and one came today.
Two letters have been returned due to wrong addresses, he said.
“We are quizzing them as their names have appeared in different newspaper.”
Brushing aside the harassment allegation, he said, “We are only investigating if they have any illegal wealth.”
Earlier, on Monday the graft watchdog grilled the chairman and a director of United Group, Hasan Mahmud Raja and Khandakar Moinul Ahsan, respectively.
Speaking to media after emerging from the ACC office, Raja said, “They asked me about my personal and organizations’ wealth, income and expenditure.”
“The ACC has asked for my tax and VAT statements, which I‘ll submit later,” Raja said.
The Panama and Paradise Papers are sets of millions of documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).