ACC cautions people against issuance of false notices
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday cautioned people against an unscrupulous section involved in serving false notices and letters to different persons and organisations in the name of the commission, reports BSS.
Talking to reporters at his office in the city, ACC Director General Hanif Iqbal requested people to be confirmed about the identity of notice servers before receiving any notice of the ACC.
He suggested communicating with the head office or divisional and coordinated district offices and talking to officers not below the rank of assistant director to be confirmed about the veracity of the notices.
He said the commission did not give any employee or official the authority to serve notice to a person or an organisation without prior approval of the commission.
Besides, only the designated persons have the power to serve notices or summons on anybody to give deposition or submit evidence before the commission. Moreover, the ACC does not inquire or investigate any matter out of its specific schedule, he said.
He urged people to know about the scheduled tasks of the ACC and correctness of the notices before receiving any notice.
Hanif Iqbal said the district and upazila level committees, constituted to create public awareness against corruption, would start functioning next month.
Prior to starting work, the district and upazila committees will be called in Dhaka to give necessary guidelines. The meeting of the committees of Rajshahi region will be held first on January 8 next year, he said.
The ACC DG said the commission has filed cases against four more persons on charges of acquiring illegal wealth and concealing information of their actual assets in their wealth statements submitted to the commission.
The sued persons are former MP Redwan Ahmed, Teknaf Municipality chairman Abdur Rahman Badi and former forest officials Dewan Jafrul Hasan and Tapan Kumar Dey.
The commission also approved the first information report (FIR) against Awami League leader Akhteruzzaman Babu allowing the investigation officer (IO) to file case against him on charges of acquiring property of more than Taka 20 million (2 crore) illegally and concealing information about his actual wealth.
Talking to reporters at his office in the city, ACC Director General Hanif Iqbal requested people to be confirmed about the identity of notice servers before receiving any notice of the ACC.
He suggested communicating with the head office or divisional and coordinated district offices and talking to officers not below the rank of assistant director to be confirmed about the veracity of the notices.
He said the commission did not give any employee or official the authority to serve notice to a person or an organisation without prior approval of the commission.
Besides, only the designated persons have the power to serve notices or summons on anybody to give deposition or submit evidence before the commission. Moreover, the ACC does not inquire or investigate any matter out of its specific schedule, he said.
He urged people to know about the scheduled tasks of the ACC and correctness of the notices before receiving any notice.
Hanif Iqbal said the district and upazila level committees, constituted to create public awareness against corruption, would start functioning next month.
Prior to starting work, the district and upazila committees will be called in Dhaka to give necessary guidelines. The meeting of the committees of Rajshahi region will be held first on January 8 next year, he said.
The ACC DG said the commission has filed cases against four more persons on charges of acquiring illegal wealth and concealing information of their actual assets in their wealth statements submitted to the commission.
The sued persons are former MP Redwan Ahmed, Teknaf Municipality chairman Abdur Rahman Badi and former forest officials Dewan Jafrul Hasan and Tapan Kumar Dey.
The commission also approved the first information report (FIR) against Awami League leader Akhteruzzaman Babu allowing the investigation officer (IO) to file case against him on charges of acquiring property of more than Taka 20 million (2 crore) illegally and concealing information about his actual wealth.