The toll-free Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) hotline number 106, dedicated to receiving graft allegations from mass people, has got a huge response from across Bangladesh within the first five days of its launching.
According to ACC Deputy Director and Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, the hotline received several thousands of graft allegations already.
Most of the allegations are related to bribery in the land offices, reports BSS.
He said the ACC hotline has also received many allegations of graft and irregularities relating to social safety net programmes such as TR (Test Relief) and KaBiKha (Kajer Binimoye Khadya-Food for Work).
Complaints were registered about different people acquiring illegal wealth and also about personal disputes over ownership of lands, he said adding that some of the allegations were not specific.
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Currently, ACC is considering the allegations that are scheduled as offences in the law.
On July 27, Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the ACC hotline at the ACC headquarters with a view to intensifying drives against corruption.
The toll-free hotline stays active from 9am to 5pm on workdays and the identity of the complainant is undisclosed.
Around 50 trained ACC staff register the complaints through the hotline and then place them before the commission for subsequent actions.
In the traditional practice, people drop their written statements on corruption in complaint boxes set up at ACC offices across Bangladesh.