Graft caseCourt accept charges against suspended DIG Prisons Bazlur Rashid

A Dhaka court on Tuesday accepted charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Judge KM Emrul Kayesh of Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after scrutinising case dockets and other relevant documents.

The judge fixed September 22 for hearing on charge framing against the accused in the case.

The judge also transferred the case to the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka for trial.

Earlier on August 26, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Md Nasir Uddin -- also the investigation officer of the case --submitted the charge sheet to the court in the case.

The ACC arrested Bazlur Rashid in the case -- filed with ACC's Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka -- and showed him arrested in the case on October 20 last year.

The following day, the home ministry suspended him from service.

According to the case statement, Bazlur signed a contract with a real estate company in 2018 to buy a flat in the capital's Siddeshwari Road area at Tk 3.09 crore.

Through April 20, 2018 to June 7, 2018 Bazlur paid Tk 3.08 crore in cash and cheque, but during ACC officials' interrogation, he could not show any legal source of the money.