OC Pradip's wife Chumki surrenders to court in ACC case for having assets beyond means

Chumki Karon, the wife of sacked Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das, has surrendered to a Chattogram court in an Anti-Corruption Commission case over having assets beyond means.

The court of Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid rejected the bail petition she filed after her surrender on Monday.

The court has started to hear arguments of OC Pradip, the main accused in the shooting death of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, on Apr 4. The court heard Chumki’s arguments earlier on Feb 17.

“The court rejected her bail petition after the hearing,” ACC lawyer Mahmudul Haque Mahmud said.

The court indicted OC Pradip and his wife in the ACC case for illegally amassing wealth in December 2021 and ordered the authorities to issue an arrest warrant against Chumki, a past fugitive.

Earlier on Sept 1, the court formally accepted the charges against the couple submitted by the national anti-graft agency.

ACC Assistant Director Md Riyaz Uddin submitted the charges to the Senior Special Judge’s Court in Chattogram on Jul 28.

The ACC charged Pradip and Chumki with amassing more than Tk 23.5 million beyond known sources of income and money laundering. They also concealed information on the assets of Tk 4.9 million.

In July 2020, police in Cox's Bazar shot and killed retired army officer Sinha in an egregious abuse of their authority, sparking a public outcry.

A Cox’s Bazar court sentenced two ex-police personnel -- OC Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali -- to death for the murder of Sinha on Jan 31.