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. Why ex-DIG prison Bazlur Rashid’s bail won’t be scrapped: HC   On August 26, 2020,  ACC Deputy Director Nasir Uddin filed the charge sheet against Bazlur Rashid.

The High Court Sunday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why the  bail of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid should not be cancelled.

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against suspended DIG Prisons Bazlur Rashid for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk3.14 crore.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to freeze two bank accounts of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).