ACC appoints new investigator to probe DIG Mizan

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Bangla Tribune Report
Published : 16:40, Jun 12, 2019 | Updated : 17:19, Jun 12, 2019

File photo shows  Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman

Three days into the suspension of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Khandaker Enamul Basir for leaking probe report on DIG Mizanur Rahman’s wealth, the graft watchdog has appointed a new investigator for inquiry.
“Director Manzur Morshed will carry out the investigation,” ACC Commissioner Dr Mozammel Haque Khan told the media at its head office in Dhaka on Wednesday (Jun 12).
On Monday (Jun 10), ACC suspended Basir a day after Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mizanur Rahman, who is accused of earning illegal wealth, alleged that Basir took Tk 4 million in bribe in exchange of probe report on his wealth.
The police official made the claimed in a television interview on Sunday (Jun 9).
Audio clips of mobile conversations between Mizan and Basir were aired on television in which Basir is allegedly heard accepting bribes from Mizan so that charges against Mizan are dropped.
The ACC initiated a probe into the wealth of Mizan after he was withdrawn as additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police following a marital scandal in January last year and attached with the headquarters.
On May 3 last year, ACC Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patwary interrogated Mizan about his alleged illegal wealth. Later, Basir was given charge of the investigation.
On May 23 this year, Basir filed the probe report to the ACC, which the graft watchdog quashed as allegations surfaced.
The suspended ACC director, Basir, however, denied the allegations of taking bribe from Mizan describing allegations against him as baseless.
“It’s fabricated. He (Mizan) should come up with proof,” Basir told the reporters on Tuesday (Jun 11).

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