ACC to file cases with IDOs, not with cops

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will now file graft cases with its 22 integrated district offices (IDOs), sparing police stations from doing the job.

It got this authority as per the amended rules of the Anti-Corruption Commis-sion Act 2004, gazetted on Sunday, said ACC public relations officer.

The anti-graft watchdog need not go to a police station to register a graft case following an amendment to the ACC law, he added.

Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee said this latest action would accelerate the commission's work and make it more independent.

From now on, graft cases would be registered with its 22 IDOs, not with the ACC headquarters and eight divisional offices, he noted.

The ACC can now file a case directly without primary investigation, considering the weight of a particular graft incident.

If anyone seeks to lodge a complaint with a police station, cops will record it as a general diary and hand it to the commission for investigation.

The commission can also seek the income tax return file of a taxpayer and bank account information directly.

The amended rules also allow it to submit the charge sheet of a case directly to the special judges' court instead of a magistrate court.

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