Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that matter on corruption allegations against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will be dealt in line with the law.
Speaking at a media call on Wednesday meant to brief on her US recent visit for the UN General Assembly, she said, “Law will take its own course. If I say anything else, you (the media) will say I talk too much.”
Hasina’s remarks came responding to a query by Ekattor TV Chief Editor Mozammel Haque Babu, who said Sinha, in his book, described his outlet as the mouthpiece of the prime minister because they had reported on the corruption allegations.
“We still have evidence. Will the government will take any step against SK Sinha?” he asked.




Earlier on Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said that it will investigate a case filed against Sinha.
In October last year, Sinha resigned from abroad following his departure on leave amid criticism from the ruling party over a verdict that scraped the 16th constitutional amendment, which empowered MPs to sack top court judges.
He is once again in the spotlight, for his book where he claimed that he was forced to resign and exiled by the government.
Soon after Sinha left the country last year, the Supreme Court in a rare statement stacked 11 charges against him including, graft, money laundering and moral lapse.
Sinha, who is now in the US, launched the book on Sept 19 in Washington, when he said he has sought asylum in the country.
Following which, the ACC said it has opened a money laundering probe against the former chief justice’s brother Ananta Kumar Sinha.
On Sept 27, former BNP leader and lawyer Nazmul Huda sued Sinha on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
Huda claims that Sinha demanded Tk 30 million from his as bribe sometime in 2017 and that the incident took place in the chambers of the top judge.