Ten Supreme Court lawyers, led by Mohammad Shishir Monir, on Thursday submitted an application with the Anti-Corruption Commission to take action against Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda, other election commissioners, its incumbent and immediate past secretary and some other officials concerned.
In the application, they urged the ACC to take action against the people for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of Tk 7.47 crore from the fund of training, the letter stated.
All 10 lawyers were present when they submitted the application with the letter receiving section of the ACC.
Earlier on December 14, 2020, 42 eminent citizens submitted a list of corruption complaints against the Election Commission top brass to president M. Abdul Hamid and requested him to order a Supreme Judicial Council inquiry into the allegations.
On December 24, 2020, CEC Huda claimed that the corruption allegations brought against him and the other election commissioners by 42 eminent citizens were intentional, baseless and unacceptable.
On behalf of the citizens, Supreme Court lawyer Shahdeen Malik at a press conference on December 19 said that they submitted to the president the list of complaints of different irregularities, including financial corruption, against the election commission top high ups.
The complaints mentioned the misappropriation of Tk 2 crore by the CEC and commissioners in the name of taking ‘honorarium’ as ‘special speaker’.
The list of complaints also mentioned the financial misconduct and irregularities of Tk 4.8 crore in the process of appointing staff to the commission and gross misconduct and irregularities in the purchase and use of electronic voting machines and in conducting the 11th parliamentary elections and Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Khulna, Gazipur, Sylhet, Barisal and Rajshahi city corporation elections.
Their letter also sought action against three commissioners for unlawfully using three vehicles.
