A Chattogram court today (May 23) sent Chumki Karon, wife of suspended police officer Pradeep Kumar, to jail in a graft case rejecting her bail petition.

Earlier in the day, Chumki surrendered before the court of Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid this morning and sought bail.

After hearing the plea, the court passed the order.  

Lawyer Mahmudul Haque of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) confirmed the mater.

He said, "Chumki was absconding after the case was filed. She was also a warranted accused. Her husband Pradeep Kumar is also an accused in the same case."

On December 15 in 2021, the court indicted Pradeep and his wife in the ACC case for illegally amassing wealth and ordered the authorities to issue an arrest warrant against Chumki, a fugitive.

On September 1, the court formally accepted the charges against the couple submitted by the national anti-graft agency.

ACC Assistant Director Md Riyaz Uddin submitted the charges to the Senior Special Judge’s Court in Chattogram on July 28.

The ACC charged Pradip and Chumki with amassing more than Tk 23.5 million beyond known sources of income and money laundering. They also concealed information on the assets of Tk 4.9 million.

BDST: 1528 HRS, MAY 23, 2022
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