A Chattogram court on Wednesday indicted former OC of Teknaf police station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case over acquiring wealth illegally paving the way for his trial.
Chattogram divisional judge Munshi Abdul Majid framed the charges against Pradeep and fixed 17 January for hearing witnesses, reports UNB.
Earlier on 1 September, the court accepted a charge sheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki. ACC Chittagong assistant director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on 26 July. However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep's arrest.
ACC filed the case against Pradeep, now in jail and undergoing trial in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 40 million on 23 August in 2020.
ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog's investigation against Pradeep started in 2018. On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year.
After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 40 million illegally.
