A High Court bench yesterday observed that instead of harassing real businessmen, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has to take appropriate action against the corrupt people who have laundered money to foreign countries.

“If you chase the businessmen in such a way, how will the country’s development take place? Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar Kajol told ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan during the hearing of bail petition for a businessman.

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The bench said the ACC should bring to the book the people who laundered money and and established “Begumparas” in Canada, Malaysia, and USA. 

Md Khalilullah Azad, a businessman and former local Awami League leader of Dinajpur, recently filed the petition with the HC seeking anticipatory bail in a money laundering case filed with Dinajpur Police Station.

The HC bench granted him eight weeks’ anticipatory bail.

Lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua appeared for Khalilullah while ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan vehemently opposed the bail.

Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Amit Talukder represented the state during the virtual hearing.

Jyotirmoy Barua told The Daily Star that the Criminal Investigation Department of Police has filed the case with Dinajpur Police Station against his client Khalilullah Azad in connection with laundering Tk 35 crore even though the ACC is supposed to file such a case.

He claimed that Khalilullah is a real businessman but 17 cases have been filed against him and that he had obtained bails in all of them.

DAG Amit told this correspondent that government would move an appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the HC bail for Khalilullah.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan could not be reached for comments.



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