The commission filed a report to the court saying the cases against Jaha Alam were filed based on an investigation report and supporting documents provided by the Bangladesh Bank and Sonali Bank.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam came up with the remarks while talking to reporters at a press briefing the HC premises in the morning.
“We took cognizance of the documents provided by the Bangladesh Bank and Sonali Bank about Jaha Alam. We’ve no jurisdiction to raise question about the validity of it,” he said.
Alam added that the commission submitted the charge-sheet against Jaha Alam following the documents provided by the central bank, and bank officials had also identified him.
The commission has submitted the case documents to the High Court with an affidavit, which is likely to be placed before the bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader on Wednesday, the ACC lawyers said.
Jaha Alam, a jute mill worker, had languished in jail since February 2016 in 33 corruption cases in place of the real accused. He was arrested in cases filed by the ACC for misappropriating huge Sonali Bank money while the real accused, Abu Salek, are roaming around free.
Jaha Alam was released from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur on February 4 following a High Court order.
Replying to a question, the ACC lawyer said, “The court will decide who’s actually responsible.”
Earlier, on February 3, the High Court bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader ordered Deputy Inspector General DIG) of Prisons to immediately release innocent Jaha Alam.
The HC also passed the suo moto order following a newspaper report under a headline ‘Wrong accused in jail in 33 cases: Sir I’m Jaha Alam, not Salek.’
The HC also asked the ACC to submit the case of Jaha Alam as an affidavit.
The report said Jahlam, a jute mill worker, had been serving in jail in place of real accused Abu Salek in 33 cases of embezzling Tk 18 crore from Sonali Bank.