Suspended officer-in-charge of Teknaf police Pradeep Kumar Das has claimed that he will appeal to the High Court over his 20-year sentence in prison over a graft case.
He expressed dissatisfaction at the decision while talking to journalists when he was being taken to the jail on Wednesday.
The defendant’s lawyer, Sameer Dasgupta, told Bangla Tribune: “We did not get justice in the verdict. We will appeal to High Court after receiving the copy of the sentence.”
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)’s lawyer Mahmudul Haque said: “Even after being an officer-in-charge of the police force, Pradeep Kumar Das acquired assets illegally under his wife’s name.”
“The charges against them have been proved in the court. As a result, the court sentenced Pradeep Kumar Das to 20 years and his wife Chumki Karan to 21 years in prison,” he added.
On August 23 in 2020, ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife over amassing wealth worth Tk4 crore illegally.
ACC sources said their investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.
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On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statements and they submitted their statements in June. After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth over Tk4 crore illegally.
ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the chargesheet on July 26.
On September 1, the court accepted the chargesheet and a Chittagong court indicted Pradeep and wife in the case on December 15 last year.
On January 30 this year, Pradeep submitted a petition to the High Court seeking cancellation of the indictment order and judicial proceedings in the case.