Tk 80 Lakh Graft: Ex-DIG prisons Partha Gopal denied bail

The High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to Partha Gopal Banik, suspended deputy inspector general of prisons, in connection with a case filed over recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence.

The HC bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan sent his bail petition to the regular bench for its hearing after reopening of the court following ongoing closure.

It passed the order after holding a virtual hearing on the bail petition recently filed by Partha Gopal Banik over video conference.

Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star Partha Banik cannot get released from jail as per the HC order.

Barrister Shafique Ahmed and Barrister Mahbub Shafique appeared for Partha.

A Dhaka court on July 29 last year rejected a petition filed by Partha seeking bail in the same case and sent him to jail after ACC produced him before it and appealed to the court to confine him to jail until the investigation is completed.

Before his arrest on July 29 last year, ACC Director Mohammad Yousuf quizzed Partha over allegations that he committed irregularities and corruption as DIG (prisons) of Chattogram division.

After interrogation, ACC team accompanied by Partha went to his Green Road residence and recovered the money.

They later detained him and showed him arrested after the case was filed by ACC Assistant Director Md Salauddin against Partha with ACC's Integrated District Office in Dhaka.