DHAKA, March 24, 2024 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today sent former Rural

Development and Cooperatives Secretary Dr. Prashant Kumar Roy to jail in a
graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier, Roy was granted six weeks anticipatory bail by the High Court.

As he surrendered before the court today and applied for bail, Senior Special
Judge M. As-Shams Jaglul Hossain scrapped his plea and ordered to send him to
jail.

ACC Deputy Director M Moshiur Rahman filed the case on June 5, 2023 on
charges of acquiring illegal wealth outside of a known source of income.

According to the case, Dr. Roy was the Project Director of "Ekti Bari Ekti
Khamar Project". He concealed assets of more than Taka 1.25 crore in the
documents submitted to the ACC.