The interim government has appointed Mohammad Abdul Momen, who served as the senior secretary of the Public Security Division under the home ministry, as the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

At the same time, two others – retired district and sessions judge Mia Muhammad Ali Akbar Azizi and Brig Gen (retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid – were appointed as commissioners of the anti-graft body.

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday afternoon.

The chairman of the commission would enjoy facilities equivalent to a judge of the Appellate Division and commissioners would be equivalent to judges of the High Court Division.

On Sunday, Abdul Momen submitted his resignation letter to the Ministry of Public Administration.

In 2013, the Awami League government sent Momen, who was serving as a joint secretary then, on forced retirement.

After the fall of the AL government amid a mass uprising, the interim government on 17 August promoted and appointed him as the senior secretary of the Public Security Division on a contractual basis. He joined the workplace the next day.