Mahabub Alam :
About 6,000 cheating related cases are now pending with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) due to its manpower crisis.
When contacted, ACC Chairman Md Badiuzzaman said “We are unable to carry out the inquiry into all the cases in time with limited man power”.
These cases were lodged with different police stations throughout the country under the Penal Code’s Sections-420, 461, 468 471, 472 and sent to the ACC for investigation as police have no such power.
According to the ACC, about 6,000 fraud cases were sent by the police to the Commission for investigation in 14 months since 2013.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Act-2013 has curtailed the police’s power to carry out inquiry into any fraud case and empowered it to the ACC.
Now, the police record the cases only and send those to the ACC for investigation although the Commission has no sufficient manpower to hold investigation.
ACC Chairman Md Badiuzzaman told The New Nation that the Commission had submitted a written statement to the Ministry of Law suggesting return of the investigation power to the police.
The ACC held several meetings with the ministry on the issue. “We have requested the ministry to return the power to the police to inquire all cases except the money laundering one”, he said.
“The ministry has assured us that the matter will be discussed in the current session of the Jatiya Sangsad”, he said.
It is matter of pity that the cases remain ‘pending’ and the victims do not get justice in time, Badiuzzaman said. The money laundering cases are being investigated under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, they said.
About 6,000 cheating related cases are now pending with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) due to its manpower crisis.
When contacted, ACC Chairman Md Badiuzzaman said “We are unable to carry out the inquiry into all the cases in time with limited man power”.
These cases were lodged with different police stations throughout the country under the Penal Code’s Sections-420, 461, 468 471, 472 and sent to the ACC for investigation as police have no such power.
According to the ACC, about 6,000 fraud cases were sent by the police to the Commission for investigation in 14 months since 2013.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Act-2013 has curtailed the police’s power to carry out inquiry into any fraud case and empowered it to the ACC.
Now, the police record the cases only and send those to the ACC for investigation although the Commission has no sufficient manpower to hold investigation.
ACC Chairman Md Badiuzzaman told The New Nation that the Commission had submitted a written statement to the Ministry of Law suggesting return of the investigation power to the police.
The ACC held several meetings with the ministry on the issue. “We have requested the ministry to return the power to the police to inquire all cases except the money laundering one”, he said.
“The ministry has assured us that the matter will be discussed in the current session of the Jatiya Sangsad”, he said.
It is matter of pity that the cases remain ‘pending’ and the victims do not get justice in time, Badiuzzaman said. The money laundering cases are being investigated under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, they said.
