Dhaka, May 9 -- The High Court has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate alleged financial corruption amounting to at least Tk 50 crore within the National Blind Organisation an institution established over 70 years ago.
The order follows a writ petition (Writ No. 15017/2024) filed by Minhaz Uddin, a former president of the organization, after the ACC allegedly failed to act on a complaint lodged in 2021. That complaint was filed on behalf of blind members of the organization, citing large-scale financial irregularities.
According to sources, the complaint, submitted on May 31, 2021, accused Ayub Ali, the then general secretary, of allocating shops at the Blind Market near the Savar Municipality bus stand through ir...