Sentenced to three years in jail in a bribery case, suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman has appealed to the High Court seeking acquittal in the case. “The copy of ex-DIG Mizan’s appeal has been received by the Anti-Corruption commission (ACC). The single bench of HC Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman is likely to hear the appeal,” said Md Khurshid Alam Khan, senior lawyer of ACC to UNB on Monday. Earlier on February 23, Dhaka Special Court-4 judge Sheikh Najmul Alam pronounced the judgement in this case. The court sentenced ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to eight years imprisonment with Tk 80 lakh fine and Mizan to three years. Basir was sentenced three years jail term for bribery and five years jail term under money laundering act but he will have to spend five years in prison as the two punishments will be served simultaneously, said the court. DIG Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was withdrawn on January 9, 2019 following the allegation of threatening a female news presenter of a private television channel. READ: Bribery case: Judgment against ex-DIG Mizan, another on Feb 23 He had also reportedly married a woman forcibly and tortured her. Mizan allegedly picked the 25-year-old woman up in July, 2017 and then forcibly married her. He had also implicated her in a false case whereby she was arrested and remained in jail for three weeks. Earlier on June 24,2019 ACC director Monjur Morshed filed the case against DIG Mizan, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman. According to the case statement, the ACC found that DIG Mizan concealed information of wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his wealth statement. Then director of ACC Enamul Basir was made the investigation officer in the case. During the investigation DIG Mizan accused Basir of claiming Tk 40 lakh as bribe for acquitting him from the charges. Following the allegation, another ACC director Monjur Morshed was made the investigation officer in the case, withdrawing Basir. A three-member probe body was formed led by ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah to look into the allegations of bribery. On July 16, 2019, Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah filed the case over the bribery scandal against Mizan and Basir. On April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in this case.

The High Court has summoned Alamgir Hossain, ACC assistant director, to explain allegations of bribery during investigation against him. He has been asked to appear in person to court on November 7 to explain the matter. The court also issued a rule asking why he would not be charged with bribery. On Monday the HC bench of Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice SM Mojibur Rahman passed the order. READ: HC rules on govt decision to not provide new household gas connections Advocate Kamal Hossain was in favor of the application. Advocate Md. Asif Hasan was in favor of the ACC. Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik and Assistant Attorney General Anna Khanam Kali represented the state. It was learned that Alamgir Hossain was investigating an ACC case against the district registrar of Pirojpur, Abdul Quddus Hawladar and his wife Mahinur Begum. Abdul Quddus placed an application to the ACC chairman seeking change of Alamgir Hossain, the investigating officer at the case, alleging that he was soliciting bribes by calling the district registrar's brother. But the ACC chairman did not respond so he filed a writ petition to the High Court. On March 8, the primary hearing of the case, HC asked for the call records of Abdul Quddus Hawladar's brother and ACC's assistant director Alamgir Hossain from July 2019 to February 2021. READ: HC writ seeks investigation commission on Aug 15 tragedy Adv. Amin Uddin Manik said the records showed that the ACC assistant director had several phone conversations with the elder brother of the accused instead of calling the accused (regarding the investigation). For this reason, the HC has summoned the assistant director of the ACC, he said.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday said the commission will not allow corruption, bribery or harassment in the process of Monthly Pay Order (MPO) registration of educational institutions.

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