The High Court on Tuesday directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to complete inquiring about corruption allegations made against Gazipur City Corporation acting mayor Asadur Rahman Kiran, within four months.
The court also issued a rule why the ACC's inaction and failure in investigating corruption allegations made against him should not be declared illegal. The ACC has been asked to respond to the rule within two weeks.
A High Court Division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order.
On August 21 last year, Nazrul Islam and Zillur Rahman, residents of Gazipur, filed a writ by including a report published in a national daily, where various allegations were made against Kiran.
The allegations included corruption, arbitrariness in official activities, irregularities, looting, dual citizenship in Bangladesh and the USA, commission trading, acquiring illegal wealth etc.
The report published in the newspaper said the aggrieved residents of the Gazipur city have submitted written complaints against Kiran to various departments of the government, including the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
