Graft charges against Aminul, 43 others go
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to exempt 44 graft accused in 24 cases, including a former minister and a lawmaker, from charges due to lack of enough evidence.
The accused to be exempted include former BNP minister barrister Aminul Haque and former BNP lawmaker Mohammad Giasuddin. Chairman of One Bank Ltd Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury will also be relieved of the charge of laundering over Tk 12.16 crore through mutual collaboration.
Twenty chairmen of different union parishads and municipalities, seven government officials and 14 people from different professions, including business, will also be let off.
Earlier, the ACC had to submit final reports in over 200 other cases for the same reason.
"We have decided to submit final reports in the cases," said ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal during a routine press briefing at ACC headquarters yesterday.
Sources in the ACC said the joint forces initiated most of the investigations but faced difficulties in collecting evidence to prove the charges.
Barrister Aminul was accused of misappropriating Tk 1.30 lakh by selling government trees. The case was filed with Tanore police station in Rajshahi on April 2, 2007.
Mohammad Giasuddin was made accused on charge of violating leasing conditions while allocating 8.27 acres of land of the Roads & Highways department to others. The case was filed with Siddhirganj police station in Narayanganj on April 10, 2007.
Tejgaon police filed the case against Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury on charge of laundering money.
The cases in which the ACC has decided to submit final reports are misappropriation of government materials, including relief and funds, bribery, money laundering, deception, abuse of power, irregularities, amassing wealth illegally and concealing information about wealth from the commission.
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