A Dhaka court set August 6 for submitting probe report in the case lodged against former Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha for allegedly demanding bribe.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder set the new date as the case investigating officer failed to submit the report on Monday, reports BSS.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Syed Iqbal Hossain is the officer investigating the case.
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Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) Chairman Barrister Nazmul Huda filed the case against the former chief justice on September 27, 2018, with Shahbagh police station in Dhaka.
The plaintiff alleged that the then Chief Justice Sinha, being instigated, changed the verdict of a case against him in spite of the fact that the case was earlier disposed of at the High Court.
Sinha allegedly demanded Tk2 crore in cash and half of a bank guarantee of Tk2.5 crore in bribes from Huda to dispose of the case.
