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ACC sues suspended Teknaf OC Pradeep, his wife
DHAKA, Aug 23, 2020 (BSS) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against suspended officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife ChumkiKaron for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and siphoning off money.
ACC Assistant Director Riaz Uddin filed the case with the Commission’s Integrated District Office Chattogram-2, ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told BSS.
The national anti-graft watchdog found that Pradeep and his wife accumulated wealth worth over Taka 3.95 crore beyond their known sources of income, he said.
According to the case statement, the accused in collusion with each other accumulated the wealth illegally and laundered money.
The case was filed under the Anti-Corruption Commission Act-2004 and the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012.
Earlier, on August 8, the ACC reopened a probe against the couple.
About one year ago, the national anti-graft agency had initiated the inquiry against Pradeep, now arrested in a case over the killing of retired army major Sinha MdRashed Khan.
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