Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Committee will investigate 41 former ministers, state ministers and law makers in the ousted Awami League government from 2009 to 2024 for corruption, the Daily Star reported.

It also stated that the decision comes a day after Supreme Court lawyer M Sarwar Hossain filed a complaint with the ACC on Sunday seeking probes into allegations of amassing illegal wealth by the 41. Those to be investigated include a former ministers of law, education, power, social welfare, industries, commerce, etc among several law makers.

Meanwhile, the Interim Government has removed all mayors of 12 city corporations and 1,873 public representatives at three other tiers of local government and replaced them with administrators.

The Daily Star reported that many mayors who had affiliations with the Awami League had been absent from work since the fall of the government.

In another development, the bank accounts of former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson, Khaleda Zia, will be unfreezed after 17 years. On Monday, the National Board of Revenue instructed banks to unfreeze the accounts of Sheikh Hasina’s rival.