Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced suspended Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Enamul Basir and suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman to eight and three years of imprisonments respectively in a Tk 40 lakh bribery case.
Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka delivered the verdict on Wednesday afternoon.
On January 24, the prosecution completed arguments and sought highest punishment for the accused. Earlier, the judge recorded the depositions of 12 prosecution witnesses of the 17, including the complainant of the case.
The court framed charges against the two
accused on March 18 last year. On January 15 of the year, ACC submitted the charge sheet of the case against them for their alleged involvement in taking and giving bribe of Tk 40 lakh.
The ACC filed the graft case with its integrated District Office in Dhaka under the Money Laundering Prevention Act against the two for a transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe on July 16 of 2019.
ACC Director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafilya on January 19, 2020, submitted the charge sheet of the case against Mizanur Rahman and Khandaker Enamul Basir to the court on the charge of leaking information and taking bribe.
