Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid was sentenced for five years in jail for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore, reports UNB.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 Jude Md Iqbal Hossain also fined the convict Tk 5 lakh, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.
The court also cancelled his bail and sent him to jail.
The court on Saturday fixed Sunday for delivering the judgment after completing arguments from the both sides.
Earlier, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) summoned the suspended DIG and his wife for interrogation on October 20, 2019 and showed him arrested on the same day after filing a case against him on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore.
ACC Deputy Director Md Nasir Uddin pressed chargesheet against the ex-DIG on August 26, 2020 and the court framed charges against him on October 22.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
