Graft case: Former OC Pradeep gets 20 years, wife 21 years in jail

 A Chattogram court today (July 27, 2022) sentenced former Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das to 20 years in prison and his wife Chumki Karan to 21 years in jail in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Chattogram Divisional Special Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order this afternoon. The court has also instructed concerned authorities to confiscate all assets owned by the couple.

OC Pradeep and his wife were present in the court during the verdict. They were sent to jail afterwards.

Photo: Collected

OC Pradeep had been awarded death penalty on January 31 for the brutal murder of former army officer Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan in Cox’s Bazar.

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