Ex-OC Pradeep’s wife denied bail

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday dismissed bail plea of Chumki Karan, wife of suspended officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Police Station and death row convict Pradeep Kumar Das, in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam scrapped the bail plea and ordered to prepare a paper book for the appeal hearing against her 21 years imprisonment sentence. On August 23, 2020, ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife on charge of amassing wealth worth over Taka 4 crore. Earlier, Pradeep and his wife were given notice to submit the statement of their assets and they submitted it after getting the notice.