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Graft case

DGHS driver Malek's wife sent to jail

September 24, 2021 00:00:00


A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) driver Abdul Malek's wife Nargis Begum to jail in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh passed the order as Nargis surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail in the case.

On September 21, ACC approved the charge-sheet filed against Malek and his wife Nargis. ACC filed two separate cases against the couple on February 15, 2021, for amassing illegal wealth of around Tk 35 million.

In one case, Malek was accused of concealing information about the wealth of Tk 9.35 million and amassing illegal wealth of Tk 15.0 million. In another case, Nargis was accused of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 11.0 million.

Malek was already convicted and sentenced to 15-year imprisonment in an arms case on September 20.


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