ACC must shoulder responsibility for not managing bail for Jaha Alam: HC

The High Court said on Wednesday the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) must shoulder the responsibility for not taking any step to secure bail for innocent Jaha Alam after the matter of wrongly implicating him in many cases came to the fore, reports UNB.

"The Commission should have at least managed bail for Jaha Alam when it came to know that he's innocent. But your lawyers didn't do it. Why did your prosecution not manage bail for him although he repeatedly said he's not Abu Salek but Jaha Alam? You (ACC) must take the responsibility for it," it said.

The bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with the observations when the ACC lawyer submitted documents of the cases in the form of affidavits.

The court also sought more detailed documents of 33 cases filed against Jaha Alam along with bank statements as affidavits within April 10.