ACC quizzes two businessmen over bribery of Tk 40 million

FE Team | Published: May 07, 2018 00:43:22

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned two businessmen over an alleged bribery of Tk 40 million borrowed from Farmers Bank and later sent to an "important" person's bank account through a pay order, reports bdnews24.com.
The businessmen, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha, arrived at the ACC headquarters in the capital's Segunbagicha around 9:30am on Sunday, said ACC spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The investigation officer and ACC director Syed Iqbal Hossain led the inquiry, which began at 10am.
The anti-graft watchdog had sent notices to the businessmen on May 6 at their Uttara office and permanent address in Tangail.
Although the ACC documents do not bear the name of the "important" person' the media has reported that the account as belonging to former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
Justice Sinha faced criticism from the ruling party over the verdict of the 16th amendment to the constitution and went abroad on leave in October last year. He submitted his resignation during his stay abroad.
After he left, the Supreme Court had mentioned '11 specific complaints' against him in a statement that included accusations of corruption, money laundering, financial irregularity and moral lapse.
However, the ACC had not previously taken any steps to investigate such sensitive complaints against an "important" person of the state.