<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Chittagong court has sentenced suspended OC of Teknaf police Pradeep Kumar Das to 20 years in prison and his wife Chumki Karan to 21 years in jail over a graft case.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They have also been fined over Tk4 crore and all their assets are to be seized, Anti Corruption Commission lawyer Mahmudul Haque told Dhaka Tribune.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Judge Munshi Abdul Majed of the Chittagong Divisional Special Judge’s Court delivered the verdict around 11:15am on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The verdict was delivered after the court concluded hearing the testimonials of 24 witnesses.</div><div><br></div><div>Pradeep already has a death penalty hanging over his head for the brutal murder of former army officer Maj (retd) Sinha Mohammed Rashed Khan in Cox’s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 23 in 2020, the ACC filed the case against Pradeep and his wife over amassing wealth worth Tk4 crore illegally.</div><div><br></div><div>ACC sources said their investigation against Pradeep started in 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statements and they submitted their statements in June. After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth over Tk4 crore illegally.</div><div><br></div><div>ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the chargesheet on July 26.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 1, the court accepted the chargesheet and a Chittagong court indicted Pradeep and wife in the case on December 15 last year.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 30 this year, Pradeep submitted a petition to the High Court seeking cancellation of the indictment order and judicial proceedings in the case.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>