A court here on Thursday granted bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Md Bazlur Rashid in a case lodged over amassing illegal wealth of around Tk3.14 crore.
Judge Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court 5 passed the order, allowing the bail plea of the accused.
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The court on October 22 had framed charges against Bazlur Rashid and set November 22 to start recording deposition of the prosecution witnesses.
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Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Qayesh on September 1 took the charge-sheet filed in the case into cognizance and transferred the case to Dhaka Special Judge Court 5 for further proceedings.
Investigation officer (IO) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Nasir Uddin on August 26 had filed the charge sheet.
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The DIG was shown arrested on October 20, 2019, as he along with his wife appeared at ACC headquarters in the capital’s Segunbagicha in connection with a case lodged for amassing illegal wealth of Tk3.14 crore.
