Delay in Investigation
HC asks ACC chairman to explain
The High Court yesterday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman for a written explanation by February 4 why ACC had not submitted the investigation report of a corruption case filed in Satkhira eight years ago.
ACC, as per its rules, must submit its investigation report to the lower court concerned within 60 days after a case is filed.
In response to a petition filed by the case's accused, the HC also summoned Wazed Ali Gazi, the case's investigation officer, on February 4 to explain his delay in completing the investigation.
The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury also issued a rule upon the ACC to explain by February 4 why the case proceedings should not be quashed.
The Bureau of Anti Corruption (BAC), now defunct, filed the case with Satkhira Police Station in November 2004. In it, Mojibur Rahman, executive engineer of Power Development Board of Satkhira, was accused of illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 25.34 lakh.
All of the BAC's cases were shifted to ACC, formed on November 22, 2004.
Mojibur, getting an HC bail on September 5, 2012, filed the petition with the HC appealing for the case to be quashed, citing the delays in the investigation report submission and the investigation completion.
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