The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over a Tk 40 lakh bribery scandal. The HC bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by Basir. Advocate Faruk Alamgir Chowdhury stood for Basir while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission. Advocate Faruk said there is no bar to free him from the jail while ACC lawyer Khurshid said they will file an appeal against the HC order. On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced two disgraced Bangladesh government officials to different jail terms in a high-profile bribery case. While Enamul Basir was sentenced to eight years in jail as the recipient of a bribe, ex-DIG of police Mizanur Rahman was given three years as the one paying the bribe in the same case. A fine of Tk 80 lakh was also imposed on Basir in the case. Read: HC stresses accessibility of DCs to the people during contempt hearing On July 22, 2019, ACC arrested Enamul from his Darus Salam residence in the city for taking bribe from police’s Deputy Inspector General Mizanur Rahman. On July 16, 2019, ACC director Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah lodged the complaint over the bribery scandal. A private TV channel reported that Mizan gave Tk 40 lakh to Basir to get a clean chit in a corruption case. Enamul was suspended on June 10 of that year for allegedly leaking information, a breach of his job discipline. Mizan was arrested in the case on July 21, 2019. DIG Mizan was an additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). He was withdrawn on January 9, 2019 following allegations of threatening a female news presenter of a private television channel.

The High Court on Monday asked to dispose of the case filed against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman for amassing illegal wealth within six months. The HC bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar ordered the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 to dispose of the case. The court also rejected the bail petition of Mizanur. Also read: HC rejects Ex-DIG Mizan’s bail plea in graft case Advocate Mahbub Shafique stood for the petitioner while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).   Although Mizan was granted bail on April 13 after appealing against a three-year sentence in a bribery case, he will not be able to walk out of jail as he was denied bail in the graft case.   On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to three and eight years in jail respectively in the case. Later Mizan and Basir moved to the High Court against the order. The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman. Also read: HC issues rule on extending ex- DIG Mizan’s sentence in bribery case According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement. Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigating officer in the case. During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for setting the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigating officer in the case. At the same time, 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, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.

The High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for amassing illegal wealth as a rule issued on his bail was not pressed. A HC bench of Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan rejected the bail plea. Although Mizan was granted bail on April 13 after appealing against a three-year sentence in a bribery case, he will not be able to walk out of jail as he was denied bail in the graft case. Barrister Mahbub Shafiq appeared for the bail plea in the court while Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Earlier, the High Court had issued a rule questioning why he should not be granted bail in the case. On February 23, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 Sheikh Nazmul Alam sentenced Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to three and eight years in jail respectively in the case. READ: HC issues rule on extending ex- DIG Mizan’s sentence in bribery case Later Mizan and Basir moved to the High Court against the order. On April 13, HC granted two-month bail to Mizan against which ACC appealed to the appellate division. The corruption case dates back to June 24, 2019, when ACC director Manjur Morshed lodged a complaint against the disgraced DIG, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, nephew sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan and younger brother Mahbubur Rahman. According to the case statement, Mizan accumulated wealth worth Tk 3.28 crore beyond his known sources of income. On the other hand, he had declared wealth worth Tk 3.7 crore in his tax statement. Then director of ACC, Basir, was made the investigating officer in the case. During the probe, Mizan had accused Basir of demanding Tk 40 lakh as bribe for setting the case, prompting the Commission to appoint director Monjur Morshed as the investigating officer in the case. At the same time, 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, Fanafillah lodged a complaint against both Mizan and Basir. And on April 16, 2020, a Dhaka court indicted the two and directed the official beginning of the trial in the case.

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.

A court here on Tuesday indicted four people including suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth and concealing information.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday submitted chargesheet against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case over Tk 40 lakh bribery scandal.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved  a charge sheet against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case over Tk 40 lakh bribery scandal.

Dhaka, July 21 (UNB) - Suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman was shown arrested in a case over bribing an official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Dhaka, July 2 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).