Suspended DIG Prisons Partha jailed for 8 years

A court has sentenced suspended Sylhet range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Banik to eight years in jail in the bribery and money laundering case.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 passed the order in presence of Partha on Sunday.

The sentence was given in two separate charges but the sentence will be run concurrently.

Earlier on December 27 last year, the court fixed today for delivering the verdict on completion of the closing arguments from the prosecution and defence.

On August 24 last year, Md Salahuddin, Deputy Director of the head office of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted a charge sheet against Partha.

On August 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh accepted the charge-sheet. 

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 in the capital's Dhanmondi.

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 against Partha on July 29, 2019.