Suspended DIG Prisons Partha lands in jail

A Dhaka court has sent to jail suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Partha Gopal Bonik in a graft case.

Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 passed the order on Sunday as the accused surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail. 

On September 7 the case was transferred from Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 to Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 for further hearing.

The High Court on September 2 cancelled Partha's bail in the case and ordered him to surrender by September 20. It also asked to dispose of the case by February 28, 2022.

The High Court had also asked the court concerned to pass any order or judgement in the case in open court.

On August 31, 2020, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Qayesh accepted the charge-sheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and transferred the case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 for further proceedings.

ACC arrested Partha, who was working at Sylhet Central Jail, on July 28, 2019, and it recovered Tk 80 lakh from his North Green Road flat.

On July 29, 2019, the anti-graft body filed the case against Partha.