ACC seeks court stay on film about wrongly imprisoned Jahalom

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) plans to file a petition to the High Court seeking a restriction on the making of a film based on the story of the wrongly imprisoned Jahalom, reports bdnews24.com.

The documents will be submitted, with the permission of the court, on Tuesday, ACC chief lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said on Monday.

The ACC in 2014 prosecuted one Abu Saleque in 26 cases on charges related to loan fraud involving Tk 185 million from Sonali Bank.

The officials of the bank, however, identified Jahalom as Saleque and the jute mill worker was arrested in 2016.

The court issued an order to free Jahalom following a report published in a newspaper and aired on a television in February. Jahalom was freed from Gazipur's Kashimpur jail after serving three years in prison over the false case.

Filmmaker Maria Tushar had told the media she wanted to make a film based on a story from Jahalom's life.

Tushar had registered to direct the film at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation.