DIG Partha now in Keranaiganj jail

Staff Correspondent:  Deputy Inspector General (prison) of Sylhet division Partha Gopal Banik has been kept at Keraniganj central jail.

Jailer of Keraniganj Central Jail Mahabubul Islam told risingbd on Tuesday night that Partha Gopal Banik is getting division facilities as per jail code.  He has been kept at a cell as he is a first class citizen.

Earlier on Monday, a Dhaka court sent DIG Partha Gopal Banik to jail rejecting his bail petition in a graft case.

Dhaka Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) produced the DIG before the court seeking order to keep him into jail.

ACC Assistant Director Salauddin Ahmed filed the case against DIG Partha with the commission’s integrated office in Dhaka on charges of possessing money from unknown source of income and money laundering.

The Anti-graft body detained the DIG on Sunday after recovering Tk 80 lakh from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka. Partha Gopal has obtained the money through corruption.

The charges against Partha include obtaining money through bribery, corruption and irregularities, and hiding wealth information.

risingbd/Dhaka/July 31, 2019/Maksud/Mukul