Produce 'inquiry closed' reports on 408 corruption allegations, HC asks ACC

The High Court today directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to produce by February 12 the records of 408 "inquiry closed" reports submitted to lower courts concerned exempting corruption suspects.

The ACC has been ordered to produce the records of the reports, submitted in the last five months during the tenure of the then ACC chairman Iqbal Mahmud, before the HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu.

The HC bench passed the order while hearing a suo motu (voluntary) rule on this issue.

The ACC today submitted a report to the HC saying the commission has not found evidence of corruption in the 408 allegations after conducting inquiries.

Therefore, the commission has given the "inquiry closed" reports without filing any case against the persons, the commission said.

ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan placed the report to the HC bench today.

Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state in the hearing.