ACC to probe 1,766 complaints out of a total of 80,000

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Only 1,766 out of 80,000 complaints received so far from the public by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) since its inception have been considered for making enquiries under the ongoing anti-graft drive, reports UNB.brSince December 12, 2007, the ACC had scrutinised 79,633 complaints from the public. Of these, 1,766 have been considered worthy for enquiry, constituting 2.25 per cent of the barrage of complaints.brACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal informed the newsmen at the Commission's regular briefing Thursday afternoon that among those complaints, the anti-graft watchdog had already started working on 51.brHe said three committees set by the ACC started working on December 12 last for scanning the large number of public complaints received by it since its inception on November 21, 2004.brHaving worked for 177 working days, the three committees, as of August 31 this year, scrutinised a total of 79,633 complaints and registered them on computers.brTwo committees scrutinised 57,156 complaints received from November 21, 2004 to December 12, 2007 while the third one scrutinised 25,477 complaints that were received after December 12, 2007.brCol Hanif Iqbal told the briefing that of the allegations received by the ACC, 60 per cent were related to land and fake documents, 20 per cent came within the purview of police cases and 15 per cent of the cases were on trifles like family and social feuds.brOnly five per cent of the complaints are within the schedule of the ACC, he said, adding that of those many complaints were not considered for enquiry, as those lacked in objectivity and they were purported to have harassment and other malicious intentions.brHanif said, it had been possible to bring only 2.25 per cent of the complaints under consideration for making enquiries.brAsked about actions against those ACC officials who were allegedly involved in bribe-taking from Justice Fazlul Haque, he said that actions would be taken in accordance with the law and rules, if those allegations against the ACC officials were proved.brResponding to a questioner, the ACC director general said the Commission's activities relating to serving notices upon corruption suspects have not got bogged down.