The businessmen, Md Shahjahan and Niranjan Chandra Saha, arrived at the ACC headquarters in the capital’s Segunbagicha around 9:30am on Sunday, said ACC spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya. Although the ACC documents do not bear the name of the “important” person’ the media has reported that the account as belonging to former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Justice Sinha faced criticism from the ruling party over the verdict of the 16th amendment to the constitution and went abroad on leave in October last year. However, the ACC had not previously taken any steps to investigate such sensitive complaints against an “important” person of the state. The cash-strapped Farmers Bank owned by the ruling party lawmaker Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir has been beset with irregularities over the last four years that led to Alamgir’s resignation as chairman of the bank.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2018 07:30 UTC