The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will soon submit investigation report of the Barapukuria coal scam case, its chief said on Monday.
Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said the commission has almost finished the investigation process and is planning to submit it to the court.
"One or two more people might need to be interrogated," he said.
The ACC chairman was responding to a question from a reporter after an exchange of views meeting with the high-ups of FM Radio at the commission office in Dhaka.
The national anti-graft watchdog, on July 23 last, launched an investigation to probe into how 142,000 tonnes of coal meant for the power plant got disappeared from the state-run Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL).
As a result of the scam, power generation of the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant having a total capacity of 525 megawatts (MW) remained suspended owing to the lack of coal supply.
Replying to another query over the ongoing road transportation disorder, Mr. Mahmood was critical of the role of the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
He said the watchdog conducted the highest number of drives in BRTA office, compared with any other state agencies during his regime and lodged cases against the officials while some other faced jail terms.
"But the tail of BRTA has not straightened yet. We're watching them," he said.
He expressed dissatisfaction over the people's apathy towards following laws of the country.
"We'll show you (general people) in the coming days how people are forced to follow the laws. Vehicles are still plying the wrong sides and people are not using footover bridges or underpasses. This has to be stopped," he said.
Highlighting the importance of changing the mindset of the people, the ACC chief said laws are made to obey but the scenario is reversed in this country.
He said combating corruption remains a tough task but prevention is much tougher.
"It should have been named corruption prevention commission. I have no idea whether the graft level is on the downward trend. TIB reports are improving a bit, that has no meaning."
In the meeting, the ACC head sought cooperation from the FM radios in airing various programmes to make people aware of the adverse impact of the social menace.
"We want to reach out to younger generation across the country and radios are the best tool. Leaving rural people under-privileged, we will not achieve success," he added.
jubairfe1980@gmail.com
