The Anti-Corruption Commission has formed two task forces in order to investigate corruption in government institutions.
An official announcement was made in this regard at the ACC’s regular meeting yesterday, an ACC source confirmed.
Earlier in 2012, the anti-graft body formed 11 teams to look into corruption in 11 important government institutions.
“But due to those teams’ failure to find corruption and initiate probe into such activities in those institutions, the commission has decided to launch two task forces,” said ACC Chairman M Bodiuzzaman.
The task forces comprise five ACC officials each, he said.
Team A consists of Deputy Directors Mirza Zahidul Islam (team leader) and SM Rafiqul Islam, Assistant Directors Sheikh Abdus Salam and Debabrata Mondal, and Deputy Assistant Director M Saiduzzaman.
Team B has Deputy Directors Mir Jainul Abedin Shibly (team leader) and Monjur Morshed, Assistant Directors Syed Ahmed and Masudur Rahman, and Deputy Assistant Director Rafi Mohammad Nazmus Sadat.
“These two teams will have no specific tasks. They will be led by an ACC director and the commission will also monitor their work,” the ACC chairman told the Dhaka Tribune. “They [the task forces] will have the authority to conduct random raids in any government institutions.”
But they will raid a government agency only after receiving information about corruption there, ACC sources said.
The task forces will mainly look into the lacking, limitations and obstacles in government organisations as well as find out corruption and potential harassment of people while availing services at those organisations.