DIG Mizan suspended

Senior Correspondent: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman has been suspended.

A notification from the Home Ministry was issued in this regard on Tuesday night.

Confirming the matter to risingbd, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, “DIG Mizan has been suspended for the time being.”

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Monzur Morshed on Monday (June 24) filed a case against DIG Mizanur Rahman allegedly for amassing over Tk 3.28 crore beyond known source of income.

The ACC on the day ordered its director Enamul Basir and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to appear before it on July 1 for interrogation.

Earlier on June 12, ACC Director Md Manjur Morshed was given charge to investigate into the allegation of wealth amassed illegally by Mizan.

Previously, DIG Mizanur Rahman alleged that ACC Director Enamul Basir accepted bribes worth Tk40 lakh—in two phases— from him in exchange for information.

On June 10, the ACC suspended Basir and removed him from the probe team that was investigating the wealth of DIG Mizan, for leaking a probe report to DIG Mizan.

According to the media reports, DIG Mizan was engaged in misconduct and corruption while on duty. His alleged involvement in accumulating wealth from unknown sources was very evident.

On January 9 last year, Mizanur Rahman was withdrawn from his position due to allegations of abducting a young woman at gunpoint and forcing her to marry him.


risingbd/Dhaka/June 26, 2019/Maksud/AI