ACC favours AL people

The BNP yesterday termed the Anti-Corruption Commission a "graft-protection commission", and claimed it has been following a biased policy to save the ruling party.

Even though Disaster and Relief Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury was accused of corruption, the ACC decided not to investigate the case against him. On the other hand, it is running two graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to ruin her image, claimed BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon at a press conference at the party headquarters in Nayapaltan of the capital.

The ACC has decided not to investigate the case against Maya and had sent a letter to the Supreme Court in this regard on June 15, but the letter reached the court too late, according  to a Prothom Alo report. The SC had already scrapped a High Court verdict that had acquitted Maya in the case for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 6.29 crore and concealing asset worth Tk 5.90 crore.  

Maya may face 13 years of imprisonment if found guilty by the SC.

"The ACC has also decided to discontinue graft cases against nearly 300 ruling party men. We think the commission is following a one-eyed policy in dealing with corruption cases," Ripon said.

When asked about Awami League presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique's recent bail in cases filed for hurting people's religious sentiments, Ripon said the government is using Ramadan to release him, thinking that people will protest in this month.