Tangail AL leader’s name dropped from probe: HC questions ACC’s action
The High Court today questioned the legality of the Anti-Corruption Commission's action over dropping Tangail Awami League leader M Shibly Sadik's name from an inquiry into the Tk 27 lakh corruption allegation against him.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol issued a rule asking the ACC and Shibly to explain in three weeks why the ACC's action should not be declared illegal.
The rule was issued following a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer M Ashraful Islam challenging the ACC's action.
Shibly, general secretary of Tangail's Delduar upazila unit of AL, allegedly embezzled Tk 27 lakh from relief programmes and reports of it were published in the newspapers in 2017, said the petitioner.
ACC deleted Shibly's name from the inquiry and closed it on January 25, 2018, for a mysterious reason, which is illegal and unconstitutional, the lawyer mentioned in the petition.
Deputy Attorney General Amit Talukder represented the state during the virtual hearing.
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