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JAIL-DIG-PRISONS-RASHID (with picture)
DIG Prisons Rashid sent to jail
DHAKA, Oct 20, 2019 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sent Deputy Inspector
General (DIG) of prisons Md Bazlur Rashid to jail in a graft case.
Acting Judge Al Mamun Bhuiyan of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court
passed the order as investigation officer and Anti-Corruption Commission
(ACC) deputy director Md Nasir Uddin produced the accused before the court
and pleaded to keep him behind bars until the disposal of the case.
Rashid’s counsel however, pleaded for his bail. After hearing both the
sides, the court sent him to jail.
The DIG was shown arrested today this afternoon from ACC headquarters in
capital’s Segunbagicha in connection with a case lodged for amassing illegal
wealth of Taka 3.08 crore.
Earlier in the morning DIG Prisons Md Bazlur Rashid and his wife Razzakun
Nahar appeared before the anti-graft body to face grilling about their
illegal wealth.
In the interrogation, the DIG couldn’t give logical answer about his
illegal wealth.
BSS/CORR/MHR/FI/ 1815 hrs