ACC okays charge sheet against Justice Fazlul Haque

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to press charges in the case against former law adviser to a caretaker government Justice Fazlul Haque for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about it.
The commission has also decided to file a graft case against Nazim Ullah Chowdhury, former Bangladesh ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
ACC Director General (admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the regular briefing yesterday the commission has approved the submission of charge sheet against the law adviser of the President Iajuddin-led caretaker government and the filing of case against the former diplomat.
The former Appellate Division judge will be charge-sheeted for acquiring wealth worth Tk 1.8 crore beyond his known sources of income and concealing information of wealth worth about Tk 91 lakh.
According to sources, ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim, also the investigating officer of the case, will submit the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court either Monday or Tuesday.
The charge sheet in the case filed on April 13 this year will be submitted under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2004 and section 15 of the Emergency Power Rules 2007.
Justice Fazlul Haque submitted his wealth statement to the ACC on November 26, 2007.
Hanif Iqbal told the briefing that the immediate-past ambassador to UAE would be accused of embezzlement of Tk 65 lakh by being in the service illegally for two years.
Nazim was supposed to go into retirement on February 9, 2003. But he was in service for two more years, as he gave “false information and made changes to his SSC certificate”.