The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed a case against eight people, including former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, over allegation of corruption and irregularities in allotment of a plot of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in Purbachal New Town project.
The commission took a decision to file the case against the former chief justice and seven others at a meeting of the commission, said ACC director general (prevention) Akhtar Hossain.
The other accused are former Rajuk chairman Md Nurul Huda, Rajuk former members AIM Golam Kibria, Md Abu Bakkar Sikder, Md Anwarul Islam Sikder, Akhtar Hossain Bhuiyan, M Mahbubul Alam, and Nazmul Hai.
According to the ACC inquiry report, Khairul Haque, while serving as the country鈥檚 Chief Justice 鈥� a constitutional post and a top-ranking public servant 鈥� allegedly abused his position by submitting a false affidavit to acquire a government-allotted plot in Purbachal.
Despite owning a six-storey house on NAEM Road in the capital鈥檚 Dhanmondi, he concealed this fact and applied for a plot in Sector 1, Road 102, Plot 004 of the Purbachal Residential Project.