Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Tuesday wanted to know how many people have been given impunity from the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in five months before the retirement of the immediate past chairman of the anti-graft body, Iqbal Mahmood.
If impunity was given to some people at that time, then the ACC has been asked to submit a list in the court by April 11 this year stating their names, addresses and reason behind givinhg impunity to them.
The HC Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim passed the order as a Suo Moto (voluntary) move considering a report published in The Daily Inqilab on March 14 this year under the banner of “Investigation trade in ACC”.
The concerned reporter of the published news has been asked to submit all the relevant documents in this regard to the court. Inbal Mahmood joined as the chairman of the ACC on March 10 in 2016. He left the organization on March 10 this year after serving there about five years.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik brought the report to the attention of the HC for necessary order over the issue.
According to the Inqilab report the immediate past chairman of the ACC, Iqbal Mahmood, has exempted many ‘big fishes’ involved in the corruption before leaving the office on March 10. He used some innocent and weak people as a shield to hide their impunity, also read the report.
Quoting the dependable sources the report also said in the last five months he has acquitted more than 200 individuals and organizations from corruption charges.
“Iqbal Mahmood had destroyed as much of the documentary evidences of his deeds as possible before leaving the office. Even after that some of the documents were obtained by this reporter.
