Suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman will be definitely arrested if a warrant is out for him, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
“If he Mizan wants to surrender to law enforcers, he can do so,” he told the media after an event of Department of Narcotics Control in Dhaka on Wednesday (Jun 26).
The government suspended DIG Mizan on Tuesday, a day after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) prosecuted him for amassing illegal wealth.
On Monday (Jun 24), the ACC has filed a case against Mizan, his wife, brother and nephew accusing them of amassing illegal wealth.
The graft watchdog said it has found evidence of his illegal assets worth over Tk 30.7 million.
It also summoned the police officer to its headquarters on Jul 1 for questioning over giving Tk 4 million in bribes to ACC Director Enamul Basir.
In a recent television interview, DIG Mizan claimed that Basir, who was in charge of probing him, took bribes from him promising that he would be given a clean chit.
Audio clips of mobile conversations between DIG Mizan and Enamul Basir were also aired by the TV channel.
Basir, who was later suspended, also divulged information during the investigation, according to ACC officials.
On Thursday (Jun 20), a Dhaka court ordered attachment of all assets of Mizan and a freeze on his bank accounts upon a petition by the ACC.
In its plea, the anti-graft agency said that “assets made through illicit means” may be siphoned off the country.
Earlier, Mizan was withdrawn from Dhaka Metropolitan Police as its additional commissioner when allegations surfaced against him of abducting a woman and marrying her forcibly.