The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has denied bail to the suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in connection with a corruption case.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Burhanuddin passed the order on Monday.
Suspended DIG Bazlur Rashid granted HC bail
Advocate Khurshid Alam stood for the Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) while advocate SM Rezaul Karim moved for the petitioner.
Earlier, Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on 23 October 2022, had sentenced him to five years imprisonment and fined Tk5,00,000 in the case filed for amassing assets worth Tk3.14 crore.
Suspended DIG Bazlur Rashid gets five-year jail in graft case
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Md Salauddin filed the case against him on Oct 20, 2019.
Later, he was arrested the same day.
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On August 26, 2020, ACC Deputy Director Nasir Uddin filed the charge sheet against Bazlur Rashid.