Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail again in ACC case

A Special Tribunal in Chattogram on Thursday sent former OC of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case over acquiring wealth illegally.

Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Metropolitan Special Tribunal Judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman passed the order.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Mahmudul Haque said they appealed for the publication of a gazette against Pradeep’s wife Chumki Karon. The court will pass an order later in this regard. Earlier on September 1, the court accepted a chargesheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki.

ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the chargesheet on July 26.

However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep’s arrest.

ACC filed the case against sacked OC Pradeep, now in jail in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore on August 23 in 2020. ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.