HC asks ACC to probe corruption allegations against Chattogram Wasa MD

The High Court today directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director AKM Fazlullah over his involvement in corruption, irregularities and nepotism at his office.

The court also issued a rule asking the government and ACC to show causes in four weeks why their inaction to take action against AKM Fazlulullah should not be declared illegal.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed on September 20 last year seeking its directives on the ACC to take appropriate action against Chattogram Wasa MD Fazlullah.

Writ petitioner's lawyer Md Ekram Uddin Khan Chowdhury told The Daily Star that the HC on September 23 had asked the ACC to submit a report to it in a month on whether any step has been taken against AKM Fazlullah.

However, the ACC has not submitted any report to the HC, he said.

The lawyer said the ACC will submit the inquiry report to the HC when it will hold a hearing of the rule.

Md Hasan Ali, a subscriber of Chattogram Wasa, filed the writ petition with the HC on September 20 saying he had earlier submitted an application to the ACC's Chattogram division office on September 7 to take action against AKM Fazlullah over his corruption, irregularities and nepotism, but the ACC did not take any action.