Verdict against suspended DIG Mizan, Basir on Feb 23

A court has fixed February 23 to deliver a verdict in a graft case filed against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman and suspended Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4, fixed the date on Thursday. 

Earlier on January 24 the ACC pleaded for the highest penalty for them. 

ACC counsel Advocate Mosharraf Hossain Kazal made the plea in his closing arguments in the case at the same court.

The accused on January 3 had pleaded not guilty in their statements in self-defense in the case. 

The court on March 18, 2020, framed charges against the two accused in the case. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh on February 9, 2020, accepted the charge sheet and had transferred the case for further proceedings to Dhaka Special Judge Court-4. 

ACC Director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafilya on January 19, 2020, filed the charge sheet against the duo for allegedly leaking information and taking bribes.

The anti-graft body on July 16, 2019, filed the case with its Dhaka district coordination office-1 under the Money Laundering Prevention Act.