ACC to start probe into Khaleda's case after Eid
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to start their investigation into a graft case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and three others after the Eid.
The anti-graft watchdog filed the case on August 8 for misusing power to establish Shaheed Zia Charitable Trust, named after late president Ziaur Rahman.
The commission appointed its Assistant Director Md Harunur Rashid as investigation officer (IO) of the case while Director Nur Mohammad as supervising officer.
“We will formally start investigation into the case against the Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia and three others after the Eid,” Harunur Rashid told BSS yesterday.
During the investigation, the ACC will collect original copies of the evidences including cheques, pay orders, dossier of a piece of land and others to probe charges against the accused.
The commission has already collected photocopies of the evidences and recorded statements of at least 25 witnesses, mainly bank employees, as part of the investigation.
Three others indicted in the case are Abul Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to the then prime minister, Ziaul Islam Munna, Harris' assistant personal secretary and Monirul Islam Khan, APS to Dhaka City Corporation's incumbent Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
It was the first graft case against the BNP chairperson since the Awami League-led grand alliance came to power, the ACC officials said.
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