Timeframe for probe not being followed at ACC
Thousands of cases remain frozen at the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) though each investigation should be completed within a 30-day timeframe, its chairman said yesterday.
Iqbal Mahmood also underscored the need for earning public trust in ACC.
“I have not seen any case solved within the timeframe. I am very sorry to say I have to deal with 10-year-old case documents,” he told a prize distribution ceremony at Rajshahi Shilpakala Academy.
“There is corruption inside the commission. I have seen in the last two and a half months that investigations were not conducted within the given period,” he said.
“If this situation continues, how would this organisation function? How would people have confidence in it? Trust is the power of society. So this organisation must earn public trust.”
He said steps were already taken to check corruption inside ACC. Some 873 letters were sent to ACC officials asking them to explain their delay in investigating cases.
At the programme, crests and certificates were distributed among best anti-graft committees of different cities, upazilas and districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions.
Rajshahi Deputy Commissioner Kazi Ashraf Uddin presided over the function.
ACC Director General M Shamsul Arefin, Rajshahi divisional commissioner Abdul Hannan, and Rajshahi DIG Khurshid Hossain spoke among others.
The anti-corruption committee of Bogra district was adjudged the best district committee in Rajshahi division, while Ullapara upazila committee of Sirajganj, Sherpur committee of Bogra and Bera committee of Pabna took the first, second and third spots among upazila committees.
In Rangpur division, Panchagarh district committee was adjudged best, while upazila committees of Gangachara of Rangpur, Nabaganj of Dinajpur and Saghata of Gaibandha came out first, second and third.
The prize distribution was followed by a cultural function depicting the importance of anti-corruption movement.
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