Graft in RNPP project: HC issues rule over ACC’s inaction in probe
Court Correspondent
The High Court has issued a rule seeking explanation as to why the inaction of the ACC in probing the allegations of graft against ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Joy and niece Tulip in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project should not be decaled illegal.
The High Court bench of Justice Fahmida Kader and Justice Mubina Asaf issued the rule on Sunday following a writ petition in this regard.
Fourteen people including Secretary of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, ACC Chairman, Sheikh Hasina, Sajib Wazed Joy and Tulip Siddique were made respondents to the rule.
The writ petition, filed on September 3 by Bobby Hajjaj, Chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), sought an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Tk 60,000 crore from the RNPP through a Malaysian bank by them.
A report on the alleged corruption involving Sheikh Hasina's family members in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was published in various newspapers on August 19.
