Ex-DIG Mizan jailed for 3 years, Basir gets 8 years

A Dhaka court today has sentenced 3 years of imprisonment to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman and 8 years to suspended Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir in a graft case.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 passed the order on Wednesday. 

Earlier on February 10, the same court fixed today to deliver the verdict as both the prosecution and defence concluded their closing arguments 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.