If ACC doesn't work on its own, all will have to beg: HC

The High Court, in an observation, today said that the Anti-Corruption Commission is an independent organisation and if it works independently, the country’s growth will be steady.

But if the ACC fails to do so, everyone will have to be on the streets to beg, the High Court said.

The High Court bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader made the observations while recording the statement of ACC officials on the issue of wrong person being in jail for 3years.

Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan was representing ACC in the hearing and Advocate Amit Das Gupta appeared for Jaha Alam.

In the hearing, Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan told the court that it was the government lawyers’ mistake to file the cases against Jaha Alam.

The High Court today directed the jail authorities to release Jaha Alam who was in jail for the last three years instead of the real accused in 26 corruption cases.

The court passed the order after the director general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), plaintiff of the cases and two other government officials appeared before it.

Source: thedailystar