ACC summons DIG Mizanur

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today summoned Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to appear before it on May 3 for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth and on various allegations of corruption.

ACC sent a letter to the office of DIG Mizanur asking him to appear before its Segunbagicha headquarters around 9:30 am on the day, UNB reports quoting Public Relations Officer of ACC Kanak Kumar Bhattacharya.

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‘Forced Marriage, Torture on Woman': DIG Mizan withdrawn

Farid Ahmed Patwary, deputy director of the anti-crime watchdog, is investigating the allegations on acquiring illegal wealth and corruptions, he told the private news agency.

Mizanur Rahman, who allegedly married a woman forcibly and tortured her, was withdrawn from Dhaka Metropolitan Police and attached to the police headquarters on January 9.

Mizan allegedly picked up 25-year-old Moriam Akter Eko from in front of her Panthapath house on July 15 last year and then forcibly married her, according to a statement of Moriam's mother Queen Talukdar.

Besides, the same police official's name surfaced in the media for allegedly picking up a female news presenter of a private television channel at gunpoint last month.