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Verdict in graft case against Ex-DIG Police Mizan Jun 21

Courts 2023-06-05, 11:29pm

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Court decision



A Dhaka court today set June 21to pronounce the verdict in a graft case against former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman and three others.

Judge Monjurul Imam of the Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka fixed the date as both the prosecution and defense concluded their arguments in the case today.

The four accused people are- Mizanur Rahman, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, his younger brother Mahbubur Rahman and nephew Mahmudul Hasan. Of the four, apart from fugitive Ratna, three others accused were produced in the case today.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Manjur Morshed filed the case on June 24, 2019, against four for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 3.28 core and concealing information about their wealth worth Taka 3.07 crore. The ACC

submitted the charge sheet of the case against them on January 30, 2020, and the court on October 20, 2020, framed charges against them.

Twenty-seven witnesses out of 33 testified in the case. - Special Correspondent