Who cooked up 'false stories'?

The High Court yesterday directed the cabinet secretary to submit a report to it by next February 11 on the progress to form an enquiry commission to identify the “culprits who made up false stories” about a corruption conspiracy involving the Padma Bridge project.

The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-UlHoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah came up with the order after Deputy Attorney General Tapas Kumar Biswas sought two months' time for the formation of the commission.

On February 15 this year, the HC bench ordered the government to explain why it should not be directed to form a probe commission for identifying the “culprits”.

During hearing the rule, the bench on August 2 directed the government form an enquiry commission to this effect.