Online Desk:  The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations of corruption against former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed.

ACC Secretary Khorsheda Yasmin told reporters at a press briefing at the ACC headquarters in the capital on Monday.

Earlier, Supreme Court lawyer Md Salah Uddin Rigan filed a writ with the High Court pleading for its direction upon the ACC to probe severe allegations of corruption came recently against Benazir on newspaper reports.

Barrister Suman, also a lawmaker from Habiganj-4 constituency, submitted a petition to the ACC chairman on the same attaching media reports on the matter.

It is mentionable, two of the newspapers in the country published a series of reports detailing the wealth and properties of former IGP allegedly acquired through by abusing power.