The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has once again summoned the BNP chairperson's former adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu and eight other businesspersons in connection with allegations of money laundering and acquiring wealth beyond the known sources of income.

In a letter signed by Director Syed Iqbal Hossain, the ACC yesterday asked them to appear before the commission's Segunbagicha office tomorrow.

The eight other businesspersons are RAK Paints directors Mohammad Amir Hossain, Shaylin Zaman Akbar and Qamar uz Zaman, RAK Consumer Products Director MA Malek, Roza Properties Director Ashfaque Uddin Ahmed, RAK Power Ltd Director Maqsudul Islam, Independent Director of RAK Ceramics Fahimul Haque, and Star Ceramics Director Protima Sarkar.

All of them were summoned for quizzing over the allegations between August 12 and August 14, but they sought more time.

On August 16, ACC quizzed RAK Paints Chairman SAK Ekramuzzaman and Julphar Bangladesh Director Syed AK Anwaruzzaman over the allegations.

The commission on August 2 in a letter asked the Special Branch of police (SB) to take steps to prevent Falu and the eight others from leaving the country.

The anti-graft watchdog in that letter said Falu in collaboration with others laundered around $8 million, invested it in offshore companies and amassed wealth worth several crores of taka in illegal offshore investments.

The ACC in its enquiry has also found that Falu had jointly bought 13 plots with Ekramuzzaman and six with Anwaruzzaman in Dubai.

The commission has recently asked the Bangladesh Bank to collect and provide details of the property and other investments of the trio in the Gulf city.

Syed Iqbal and ACC Assistant Director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan are enquiring into the allegations.