DIG Prisons Perth Gopal’s trial begins

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Sylhet Central Jail Deputy Inspector General (DIG Prisons) Perth Gopal has been sacked in a case filed under the Bribery and Money Laundering Act. With this the formal trial of the case began.

Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-10 on Wednesday (November 4th) dismissed Perth Gopal’s plea for acquittal and set November 16 as the date for his testimony.

Earlier, Perth Gopal was produced in court. At that time, his lawyer applied for exemption from the case on behalf of the accused. On the other hand, the ACC held a hearing in favor of the complaint. After hearing both the parties, the court dismissed the plea of ​​the accused and ordered to frame charges.

On August 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh accepted the chargesheet filed by the ACC. At the same time, the case was transferred to Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-10 on October 29. Earlier on August 24, the investigation officer of the case, the assistant director of the ACC. Saladin submitted the chargesheet to the court with 14 witnesses.

On July 26, 2019, the ACC went to Perth Gopal Banik at the ACC head office on a charge of irregularities and corruption in the jail. In the afternoon, the ACC recovered Tk 60 lakh from Perth Gopal’s flat in Dhanmondi’s Bhoot Lane. He was arrested after that. The next day, on July 29, the ACC filed a case against him under Section 161 of the Penal Code, Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Section 4 (2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012 at the ACC’s Dhaka Integrated District Office-1.

According to the chargesheet, the dismissed Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Perth Gopal Banik, misused his powers while in government service and illegally earned Rs 60 lakh through various irregularities, corruption and bribery.

He hid the money in his residence for smuggling abroad without depositing it in any bank named after him. Section 161 of the Penal Code, Section 27 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004, Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1948 and Prevention of Money Laundering. Has committed a punishable offense under Section 4 (2) of the Act, 2012.