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The order was approved by the Chittagong metropolitan and special sessions chief judge Sheikh Ashfaqur Rahman court on Sunday following a request from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
At the same time, the court also rejected Pradeep’s request for bail.
ACC lawyer Kazi Sanwar Ahmed Lavlu told bdnews24.com: “The defendant had requested bail the day before. After hearing the request, the court rejected it today.
“We have requested the seizure of the defendant’s declared assets. The court has granted it. The process is complete. Now there is no obstacle to seize the property ”.
According to the statement in the case, Pradeep Kumar Das built a six-story house in the Patharghata area of the Kotwali Police Station on behalf of his father-in-law to hide the money earned through “bribery and corruption”.
Later, Pradeep Das’s father-in-law donated the house to his wife Richumki Karan. Although the deed is a deed, the house was acquired by Pradeep Das and his wife Chumki Karan.
In the income tax return, the commission business of the defendant Chumki Karan and the income from the fishing business in five ponds leased for 10 years in Boalkhali Upazila are also shown as bogus businesses for the purpose of transferring, converting and transferring. the criminal money of husband Pradeep Das.
Another defendant in the case, Pradeep Kumar Das’s wife, Chumki, is on the run.
Defendant Pradeep Kumar Das was not brought to court despite Sunday’s bail hearing. He is in the Cox’s Bazar jail, the ACC attorney said.
Previously, OC Pradeep Kumar Das of Teknaf, who was fired on September 14, was arrested in a case of illegal acquisition of assets by the ACC in Chittagong.
The same day the bail was applied to the accused.
On August 23, the ACC Integrated District Office, Deputy Director of Chittagong-2. Riaz Uddin became the plaintiff and brought a case against OC Pradeep for acquiring illegal assets. OC Pradeep and his wife Chumki Karan have also been charged in the case.
They were charged with acquiring assets worth Tk 3.95 crore, hiding assets and money laundering.
The case was brought under sections 26 (2) and 26 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act of 2004, Section 4 (2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2012, Section 5 ( 2) of the Corruption Prevention Act of 1947 and Section 109 of the Penal Code.
Retired Army Major Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan was shot dead by police at the Baharchhara checkpoint near Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on the night of July 31.
After the incident, Sinha’s sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case against nine people in the Cox’s Bazar Magistrates Court on August 5. Inspector Baharchhara Investigation Center Liaquat Ali was named Defendant No. 1 and Teknaf Police Station OC Pradeep Kumar Das was named Defendant No. 2.
After the case, seven policemen, including OC Pradeep, surrendered to court on August 8. The Interior Ministry later suspended Pradeep from government service.
The bank accounts of eight people, including Pradeep and SP ABM Masud Hossain of Cox’s Bazar, have also been suspended on instructions from the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit.
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