Dhaka: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a charge-sheet against five people, including former Housing and Public Works Minister and BNP leader Mirza Abbas, on charge of causing a loss of about Tk 15.52 crore to the government by allocating land to journalists.

ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said the Commission at its regular meeting on Tuesday approved the charge-sheet.

The other accused, named in the charge-sheet, are former State Minister for Housing and Public Works and BNP leader Alamgir Kabir, former joint secretary Bijon Kanti Sarker, office assistant of National Housing Authority (NHA) M Matiar Rahman and its cashier Mansur Alam.

On March 6, 2014, ACC’s then deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy filed a case against Alamgir Kabir and three others for reportedly causing a loss of about Tk 15.52 crore to the government by allocating land to the journalists at a lower rate.