DIG Mizan files anticipatory bail petition with HC

Suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman has filed a petition for anticipatory bail with the High Court (HC) in a graft case over his wealth, reports bdnews24.com.

Khurshid Alam, the lawyer for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), told the media that he received a copy of the petition on Sunday.

The ACC on Jun 24 filed a case against DIG Mizanur Rahman, his wife, brother and nephew accusing them of amassing illegal wealth.

It also summoned Mizanur to its headquarters on July 01 to question him on the Tk 4.0 million worth of bribes that he allegedly paid to ACC Director Enamul Basir.

Following the approval of a commission's meeting on Monday, ACC Director Manjur Morshed filed the case with the ACC's coordinated district office Dhaka-1, according to Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, the spokesman for the anti-graft body.

The ACC found evidence of Mizanur's illegal assets worth over Tk 30.7 million. DIG Mizanur in a television interview recently claimed that Enamul Basir took the bribes from him promising that he would be given a clean chit.