SC stays HC order for inquiry into corruption allegation against Southeast Bank chairman
The Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that asked for conducting inquiry into corruption allegations raised against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order following an appeal filed by Alamgir Kabir seeking stay on the HC directive.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, who appeared on personal capacity for Alamgir Kabir, told the apex court that the HC has ordered for inquiry against his client following a writ petition which was filed on a newspaper report.
There is no authenticity of the news report, he argued.
Lawyer Manzill Murshid appeared for the writ petitioner during virtual hearing of the appeal.
In response to the e writ petition filed by rights organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), the HC on August 17 directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Bangladesh Bank to conduct inquiry into the corruption allegations raised against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir and to submit the probe reports to it in three months.
The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to take legal action against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir.
During hearing on the writ petition, HRPB's lawyer Manzill Murshid told the HC that according to a report published on the daily Shomoyer Alo on August 1, allegations have been raised against Southeast Bank Chairman Alamgir Kabir of committing corruption involving crores of taka, but the authorities including BB are yet to take any action against him as he is very influential.
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