ACC files case against DIG Mizanur over ‘illegal wealth’

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has filed a case against Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman, his wife, brother and nephew accusing them of amassing illegal wealth.

It also summoned him to its headquarters on July 1 for questioning over giving Tk 4 million in bribes 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 has 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.

Basir also divulged information during the investigation, according to ACC officials. Audio clips of mobile conversations between DIG Mizan and Enamul Basir were aired on television.

Earlier, DIG Mizanur was withdrawn from Dhaka Metropolitan Police as its additional commissioner when the allegation against him of abducting a woman and marrying her forcibly, despite having a wife and children, surfaced.