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Court scraps bail plea of suspended DIG Prisons Partha in graft case
DHAKA, Nov 18, 2020 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today scrapped a plea for bail filed by suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Bonik in a graft case.
Judge Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 passed the order and adjourned the hearing of the case till December 15. Today was fixed for recording deposition of the first prosecution witness (PW), but the state pleaded for time as no witnesses turned up before the court.
The court on November 4 framed charges against Partha and had set today to start recording depositions of the PWs.
Earlier on August 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh accepted the charge-sheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on August 24, and transferred the case to this court for further proceedings.
Partha, who was working at Sylhet Central Jail, was arrested by the ACC on July 28, 2019, as it recovered Taka 80 lakh from his North Green Road flat.
“He did not declare the money in his income tax file, making us believe it was amassed illegally,” ACC director Mohammad Yousuf said on that day.
Partha during his arrest, said the car he was using and was being kept at the parking space owned by him, actually belonged to his friend. Of the money, Partha said, Taka 30 lakh was given to him by his mother-in-law and 50 lakh was earned by him during his years in service.
The anti-graft body filed the case on July 29, 2019, against Partha.
BSS/ASG/CORR-MHR/FI/ 1855 hrs