Indictment hearing against Mizan, Basir March 16

A Dhaka court fixed March 16 to start hearing the charge framings against Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in a bribery case.

Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge Court 4 of Dhaka on Wednesday set the new date to start hearing the charge framings.

Earlier, the court set today (March 4) to hold hearing on the charge framings.

On January 19, ACC Director Sheikh Md Fanafillah submitted charge sheet before Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court against Basir and Mizan for exchanging Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Accepting the charge sheet, Senior Special Judge of the court KM Imrul Kayes set February 9 for indictment hearing against the duo.

Earlier, on January 12, the ACC finalised bribery charges against Basir and Mizan after they found proof of bribery allegations against the duo beyond any doubt.

ACC Director Sheikh Md Fanafillah filed the case against DIG Mizan and Bashir on July 16 last year.

On June 24, ACC Director Manzur Morshed filed a case against DIG Mizan at the Integrated District Office (Dhaka-1) after investigating allegations of illegal wealth acquisition. 

In the case, DIG Mizan and his nephew Sub-Inspector Mahmudul Hasan, both are in jail, were charged with amassing illegal assets worth over Tk3.28 crore and hiding information on that.

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