Shawdesh Desk:

The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 on Sunday sentenced suspended deputy inspector general of Prisons Bazlur Rashid to five years’ imprisonment for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore.

Judgee Md Iqbal Hossain of the court gave the judgement also fining the convict Tk 5 lakh, in default, to suffer six months more in jail.

The court also cancelled his bail and sent him to jail.

The ACC summoned the suspended DIG and his wife for interrogation on October 20, 20019 and showed him arrested on the same day after filing a case against him on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore.

ACC deputy director Md Nasir Uddin pressed chargesheet against the ex-DIG on August 26, 2020. The court framed chagres against Bazlur Rashid on October 22.