Suspended DGHS official Abzal sent to jail in graft cases

A Dhaka court on Monday sent to jail Abzal Hossain, suspended official of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), in two cases lodged over amassing illegal wealth of Tk 360 million (36 crore), reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Qayesh passed the order as Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) produced the accused before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the conclusion of probe in the two cases.

The court on September 02 placed him on a 14-day remand in the two cases.

Earlier on August 26, Abzal surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail. After holding hearing on his pleas, the court sent him to jail.

ACC deputy director Md Toufikul Islam on June 27, 2019 filed the two cases against Abzal and his wife Rubina Khanam.