The High Court today slammed the Anti-Corruption Commission for its inaction in bringing major loan defaulters to book.

"The loan defaulters are not more powerful than the law. Why are you not taking effective actions against the major loan defaulters?" asked the HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu.

"They are misappropriating thousands of crores. Why are you not bringing them to book? Will the big loan defaulters remain untouched?" it asked.

The ACC is busy catching small loan defaulters, but not the major ones, the bench observed.

The court made the comments after hearing a petition filed by ACC lawyers Khurshid Alam Khan and MA Aziz Khan.

They filed the petition seeking cancellation of a bail granted by a lower court to ASM Ahsanul Kabir, a former official of Shahjalal Islami Bank, in connection with a loan scam case.

The ACC filed the case in 2013 over embezzlement of money by Bismillah Group from the bank.

Today, the HC bench also expressed dissatisfaction over the ACC not submitting charge sheet of the case.