The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will press charges against Justice Fazlul Haque, former law adviser in the Iajuddin-led caretaker government, today in a case filed in connection with amassing illegal wealth and hiding information from the commission.
ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Ibrahim, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, will submit the charge sheet with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, sources said.
The anti-corruption watchdog accused the former Appellate Division judge on April 13 this year in connection with amassing wealth worth Tk 1.8 crore beyond his known sources of income and concealing information about his wealth worth Tk 91 lakh.
On Thursday, the ACC approved submitting the charge sheet under sections 26(2) and 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and section 15 of the Emergency Power Rules, 2007.
The charge sheet will mention 36 people as witnesses and the defendant will be shown absconding. The IO will petition for an arrest warrant.
Justice Fazlul Haque was on the fourth list of corruption suspects the ACC published on October 4, 2007.
On November 18, 2007 the commission asked him to report his wealth. He complied on November 26.
Meanwhile, three people, who were arrested Thursday on charges of taking Tk 24 lakh from Justice Fazlul Haque's family members, promising to get him off the hook, expressed their wish to deposit the money to the state exchequer.
Sub-inspector Amirul Islam of Dhanmondi Police Station, also the IO of the case, told The Daily Star, "The cheats Amalendu Das, dismissed VAT inspector Golam Ambia and dismissed police constable Mohammad Nuruzzaman alias Iqbal admitted that they took the money. Now they want to deposit the money to the state exchequer."
The arrestees were placed on a three-day remand Saturday.