A Chattogram court on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram to confiscate the assets of former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model police station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife in a graft case, reports UNB.
Chattogram metropolitan session judge Sheikh Ashfaque Rahman passed the order following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
ACC filed the case against sacked OC Pradeep, now in jail in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 40 million (four crore) on 23 August last year.
Emran Hossain, court inspector, said the court ordered to confiscate the assets Pradeep and his wife and appoint a receiver.
However, Chumki Karon, wife of Pradeep, remained absconding since Pradeep’s arrest in the Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.
On 20 April last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year.
After a long investigation, the ACC reportedly found information that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 40 million (four crore) illegally.
Sinha was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on 31 July last year. His elder sister Sharmin Shahria Ferdous filed a case at Teknaf senior judicial magistrate court on 5 August.
Ex-OC Pradeep surrendered the following day.
On 27 June, a Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against 15 accused, including Pradeep Kumar Das, in the Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case.