ACC team faces undue pressure
The investigation team of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), which is tasked with probing into alleged irregularities of state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), is facing problems in their work due to external and internal pressures.
“I've completed a number of crucial investigations in my life, but never felt such pressure as I'm facing now to probe the BTCL's graft,†an ACC investigator told the news agency.
He said nearly two dozens senior officials of the anti-graft body are trying to influence the inquiry into the BTCL's graft allegation.
Earlier in the first week of February, the ACC team prepared a report and sent the same to the commission recommending filing of a case against some top officials of the BTCL on charge of misappropriating about Tk 600 crore of public money by erasing international incoming call lists.
But, the commission has not yet given approval to file a case, the ACC official said.
About the report, ACC Commissioner Badiuzzaman said he has not yet seen it, but if the report was submitted to the commission, it will be approved next week.
The four-member inquiry team, led by its deputy director SM Sahidur Rahman, is currently conducting probe into the irregularities of BTCL.
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