ACC should not become a ‘snake without venom’: HC
The High Courtroom (HC) on Sunday observed that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) shouldn't act like a snake without venom since it tackles graft and irregularities.
The bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukdar and Justice Mohiuddin Shamim developed the observation after hearing a writ petition.
The HC was hearing a writ petition that was filed on Feb 1, seeking measures to recreate laundered money from numerous foreign banks, including the Swiss Bank Corporation.
“The ACC has to be a venomous snake to avoid corruption and funds laundering,” the HC said. Offering another analogy from the animal kingdom, it said the ACC shouldn’t be considered a “toothless tiger”.
Advocate Abdul Kaiyum Khan, who moved the writ, said “We sought methods to seek detailed information in laundered funds and formation of particular probe team to avoid funds laundering, amendment of rules and freezing laundered money of disputed trader Moosa Bin Shamsher.”
The HC fixed February 9, for following hearing, he added.
The writ petition also sought a rule searching for the reason why the failure of the authorities concerned to bring back the laundered funds shouldn’t come to be declared illegal.
The petition also sought the formation of a special committee to monitor and control funds laundering by Bangladesh citizens or firms to foreign banks like the Swiss Lender, Deputy Attorney Standard AKM Amin Uddin Manik said.
Secretaries of Finance Ministry, Prime Minister’s Workplace, Commerce Ministry, Law Ministry and the Attorney Standard were made respondents to the writ petition.
Several newspaper reports in money laundering were attached to the petition.
