A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

Bazlur Rashid, now in jail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after Md Iqbal Hosaain of the Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka read out the charges to him.

Before that, the judge dismissed the petition submitted for discharging him from the case and fixed November 22 for starting the trial.

On August 26, ACC deputy director Md Nasir Uddin -- also the case's investigation officer -- submitted the charge sheet to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka.

ACC arrested Bazlur in the case -- filed with ACC integrated district office-1 of Dhaka -- and showed him arrested in the case on October 20 last year.

The following day, the home ministry suspended him from service.

According to the case statement, Bazlur signed a contract with a real estate company in 2018 to buy a flat in the capital's Siddeshwari Road area at Tk 3.09 crore.

Through April 20, 2018 to June 7, 2018, he paid Tk 3.08 crore in cash and cheque, but during ACC officials' interrogation, he could not show any legal source of the money.

According to his bio, Bazlur joined the service as a jail superintendent in 1993. He was promoted to DIG prisons in 2013 and transferred to Dhaka in 2016.