The Anti-Corruption Commission is likely to take a decision today regarding launching an inquiry into the corruption allegations against former army chief retired general Aziz Ahmed.
A scheduled meeting of the commission led by its chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah would be held on Tuesday at the commission headquarters in Dhaka where they may take a decision regarding an inquiry into the allegations against Aziz, said ACC聽 officials on Monday.
Earlier on Thursday, the commission in a meeting discussed the graft complaints brought against Aziz, ordered its scrutiny cell to thoroughly examine the allegations and submit a report before the commission for the next course of action.
After the meeting ACC chairman Moinuddin Abdullah told 抖阴精品, 鈥榃e discussed the allegations against the former army chief.鈥�
聽鈥榃e also asked the commission鈥檚 scrutiny cell to scrutinise the allegations following rules and regulations and present a report before the commission,鈥� he added.
ACC officials said on Monday that the three-member scrutiny cell had already completed its scrutiny and prepared a report.
Earlier, Supreme Court lawyer Salah Uddin Reagan filed a petition with the ACC on Wednesday seeking an inquiry into the alleged corruption of former army chief Aziz.
According to the lawyer鈥檚 application, the United States sanctions against Aziz on corruption charges and the reports published in national dailies damaged the image of the Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh both nationally and internationally.
Reagan called unfortunate the ACC鈥檚 reluctance to launch an investigation against Aziz even after such massive corruption allegations.
On May 21, the United States Department of State announced that the former chief of the Bangladesh Army, General Aziz Ahmed, and his family members were generally ineligible to enter the US due to his involvement in 鈥榮ignificant corruption鈥�.
Talking to the media, Aziz, in his instant reaction, said that he was surprised at the announcement of such a US action against him on corruption allegations, which he termed baseless.
Aziz was Bangladesh army chief between 2018 and 2021.
