The court sentenced suspended former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission under the Acquisition of Illegal Assets and Money Laundering Act.
Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 Md. Manjurul Imam`s court announced this verdict today.
Zahidul Islam, bench assistant of the concerned court, confirmed the matter.
Earlier, on June 5, the court announced the date of the judgment after the hearing of the arguments of the prosecutors and the defendants was over.
On October 20, 2020, the court framed charges against four accused. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh took cognizance of the complaint on February 9 of that year.
Earlier on January 30, ACC Director Manzur Morshed filed the charge sheet in this case.
On June 24, 2019, ACC Director Manzur Morshed filed the case against four persons including former DIG Mizan as the plaintiff in ACC`s integrated district office (Dhaka-1). Accused have been charged of acquiring illegal wealth of Tk 3 crore 28 lakh and 68 thousand and hiding information of wealth of Tk 3 crore 7 lakh and 5 thousand.
Mizanur Rahman was sentenced to three years in prison last year in a bribery case.
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