Padma 'Graft Plot': Form commission to find out false story makers: HC

The High Court yesterday directed the government form an enquiry commission by August 31 to identify the “culprits who made up false stories” about a corruption conspiracy involving the Padma Bridge project.

The court also asked the government to submit a report before it on October 3 after complying with the directive.

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The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah came up with the order during the hearing of a suo moto (voluntary) rule issued on February 15 this year, Deputy Attorney General Tapas Kumar Biswas told The Daily Star.

He said the HC ordered the cabinet secretary to submit the compliance report before the court on October 3, as the court would be on vacation between August 25 and September 30.

Earlier, DAG Tapas told the court that the government was in the process of forming a commission to identify the people who had brought false allegations of corruption in the Padma Bridge project.

On February 15, the HC bench ordered the government to explain as to why it should not be directed to form a probe commission for identifying the people.