DHAKA,  – A Dhaka court today scrapped a bail plea of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman and sent him to jail in a graft case. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge KM Imrul Kayes passed the order at around 12.10 pm.

The suspended DIG was brought to the court at around 10.45 am from Shahbagh Police Station, where he was kept last night after being taken into
police custody. Earlier on July 1, police took DIG Mizanur Rahman into custody after High Court scrapped his plea for anticipatory bail in the case.

The disgraced senior police official on June 30 filed the plea seeking anticipatory bail in a case lodged over amassing illegal wealth.

High Court division bench comprising Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice S M Kuddus Zaman passed the order, asking the police officials present at the courtroom to take Mizanur into custody immediately.

“He has tarnished the image of police completely. We have seen on TV that he has given a desperate statement on paying bribe,” the court said at the
time.

ACC director Monjur Morshed filed the case on June 24 against Mizanur, his wife Sohelia Anar Ratna, brother Mahbubur Rahman and nephew and police sub-inspector Mahmudul Hasan for concealing information about wealth of Taka 3.7 crore and amassing illegal wealth of Taka 3.28 crore.

Mizanur grabbed the media attention for all the wrong reasons, as he was first accused of harassing and torturing a woman. ACC later launched
investigation against him over allegations of graft.

Mizanur later leaked a couple of audio clips, saying he has given Taka forty lakh as bribe to ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir to suppress the
graft allegations brought against him.