HC upholds 14 year-jail term of ex-DIG Mizan

The High Court has upheld a lower court judgment that had convicted and sentenced former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to 14 years in jail in a graft case.

A single bench of Justice Kamrul Hasan Molla passed the order on Wednesday.

Earlier on June 21 last year, a Dhaka court convicted and sentenced Mizanur Rahman to 14-year imprisonment in the case filed against him and three others.

The court also convicted and sentenced Mizan’s wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, his younger brother Mahbubur Rahman and nephew Mahmudul Hasan to seven-year jail each in the case.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director Manjur Morshed filed the case on June 24, 2019, against four for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 3.28 core, concealing information about wealth of Taka 3.07 crore.

The ACC filed charge-sheet against them on January 30, 2020, and the court on October 20, 2020, framed charges against them.

Twenty-seven witnesses out of total 33 testified in the case.