Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- Recently removed chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam has said the allegations of corruption levelled against him while serving at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) are "false".

He issued a written statement in both Bengali and English on Tuesday.

It comes a day after the newly elected government replaced Tajul with Md Aminul Islam as chief prosecutor.

On the same day prosecution member BM Sultan Mahmud publicly accused fellow prosecutor Gazi Monowar Hossain Tamim of financial irregularities on social media.

In his statement, Tajul said: "Over the last two days, certain media outlets and social platforms have spread false and malicious information about me, attributed to a prosecution member."

He described th...