Legal process against corrupts to continue
Says ACC chairman
Unb, Dhaka
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday said legal process against the known and suspected corrupts would continue until actions are taken against them."This is a continuous process...This will continue. The process will continue until actions are taken against all of those (corrupts) who we knew and are suspected," he told reporters when his attention was drawn to a press report that the Commission would inquire the alleged malpractice by some 390 corrupt suspects. "I would not be surprised (by the figure)…It (the figure) does not seem to be big," the ACC Chairman added. Asked when the anti-graft body would start taking actions against the said corrupt suspects, he did not provide any specific date. About the day's meeting, he said the Commission approved submitting supplementary charge sheet against Awami League leader and former state minister Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, one of the listed corrupt suspects already in jail. Following the filing of a first information report on March 6 for concealment of information in his wealth statement, the ACC submitted charge sheet against the former state minister on April 29. In the FIR it was alleged that Alamgir concealed information of six fixed deposits worth Tk 1.17 crore. According to the sources, it was later found that Alamgir also concealed information of wealth worth Tk 2.13 crore in his wealth statement sought by the Commission in late February. About the Commission's organogram, the ACC Chairman said the proposed organogram has already been sent to the government for approval. "It's being fine-tuned now. They (the government) have sought some explanations," he said. Asked when the organogram would be approved, Mashhud said it would be possible to get it approved very soon. "I was informed from the highest level that the job will be done as soon as we can complete our task." He also advised the reporters to go to courts as the Commission activities now would be reflected in the courts where trials of some corrupt suspects are going on. The ACC chairman will visit three districts - Gazipur, Tangail and Mymensingh today as part of his countrywide anti-corruption campaign.
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