Case against Tulip based on specific information and evidence: ACC chairman

A corruption case has been filed against Tulip Siddiq based on specific information and evidence, said Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen. 

He said this at a press conference at its head office in Segunbagicha in the capital on Tuesday (June 24). 

The ACC chairman said, “The accused will have to face it in the country where she commits the crime. Now it seems that (Tulip) probably wants to settle the case through letters. This is not possible. The case is in court, Tulip Siddiq will have to appear in court and face the case.”

Urging Tulip to face the case, Abdul Momen said, “I believe that she must be respectful to the law. She must have to face the case in accordance with the law of Bangladesh.” 
 
“We have repeatedly told that the case against Tulip Siddiq is not a political or intentional case,” Dr Momen said, adding that she is an accused among many others and it is clear that she is a Bangladeshi citizen. 

She has a national identity card, tax identification number (TIN) and she submitted her tax return to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the ACC chief said. “That is why we filed case in Bangladesh as it's a matter of Bangladesh,” he added. 
There is no scope of a political case as per the rules of procedure of the ACC, Dr Momen said.