The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a committee to investigate whether any of its officials were negligent in performing their duties for which wrongfully-accused Jahalam spent three years in jail.
The committee formed on Monday will be led by ACC Director Abul Hasnat Mohammad Abdul Wadud, an official with the rank equivalent to that of district judges, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood.
The committee will inquire into whether any of its nine officials—who investigated the cases Jahalam was had been accused in—were dishonest or negligent in performing their duties.
Jute factory worker Jahalam spent three years behind bars after being wrongfully accused in 33 corruption cases. He was released from jail around 12.50am on Monday following a High Court order.
A High Court bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice Kamrul Kader gave the orders, to release Jahalam, on February 3.
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ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood last Tuesday apologized over Jahalam's incarceration and stressed that the people responsible for the mistake would face action.
He said the ACC as an organization was embarrassed for making such a "grave mistake".
“However, we took measures for Jahalam's release right after we found out about this mistake," he added.
Iqbal, however, added that the ACC, alone, could not be held responsible for Jahalam's wrongful imprisonment. "I think the bank, police, and others who were working on these cases altogether made this mistake."
He claimed that Sonali Bank had first identified Jahalam as Salek and later notified the ACC; then, the police and those who were responsible for making the National Identity Card also reached the same conclusion.
Jahalam was arrested on February 6 in 2016 after being mistaken for Abu Salek – the actual individual accused in the 33 cases that ACC had filed in 2014 over loan fraud and embezzlement of Tk18.5 crore from Sonali Bank Limited.
