Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Sunday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct an inquiry into the allegation against Ramna Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monirul Islam of amassing huge amount of wealth illegally.
The ACC has been asked to complete the investigation in three months.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed in this regard.
Supreme Court lawyer Syed Sayedul Haque Suman on August 10 this year submitted the writ petition based on a report
published in a newspaper. He sought necessary directives on the commission for an inquiry into the allegations against OC Monirul.
During the hearing, ACC’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan informed the HC bench that his client has already taken a decision to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against the police official.
The report said the OC has illegally amassed huge amount of assets including buildings and plots. An allegation has also surfaced that he grabbed a freedom fighter’s building at Mohammadpur Housing Society in the capital, the published report added.
OC Monirul issued a rejoinder against the report refuting the allegations. The newspaper then published the rejoinder, saying that it has published the report on relevant documents.
