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A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Bonik to eight-year imprisonment in a graft case.
Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 passed the judgement, sentencing the convict five-year imprisonment under section 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, and three-year imprisonment under section 5 (2) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
The judgement however, said both the sentences of jail would run concurrently.
The court on December 27, 2021, had set today to pronounce the judgement as both the prosecution and defence concluded their closing arguments in the case on that day. A total of 12 witnesses were examined by the court in the case.
The court on November 4, 2020, framed charges against Partha Gopal Bonik, formally initiating the trial against him.
Earlier on August 31, 2020, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh accepted the charge-sheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Partha, who was working at Sylhet Central Jail, was arrested by the ACC on July 28, 2019, as it recovered Taka 80 lakh from his North Green Road flat.
"He did not declare the money in his income tax file, making us believe it was amassed illegally," ACC director Mohammad Yousuf said on that day.
Partha during his arrest, said the car he was using and was being kept at the parking space owned by him, actually belonged to his friend. Of the money, Partha said, Taka 30 lakh was given to him by his mother-in-law and 50 lakh was earned by him during his years in service.
The anti-graft body filed the case on July 29, 2019, against Partha.
