A Dhaka court on Monday accepted a charge-sheet against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Bonik in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge KM Imrul Kayes of the Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court accepted the charge-sheet.
The court has transferred the case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 and fixed October 29 for the hearing on charge framing against Partha Gopal.
On August 24, Investigation officer (IO) of the case, ACC deputy director Md Salauddin filed the charge-sheet at the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court. He made 14 people as prosecution witnesses in the case.
Partha, who was working at Sylhet Central Jail, was shown arrested by the ACC on July 28, 2019, as it recovered 80 lakh taka 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 a parking space owned by him, actually belonged to his friend. Of the money, 30 lakh taka was given to him by his mother-in-law and 50 lakh taka was earned by him during his years in service, he said.
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