DGHS ex-driver Malek gets 5 years jail in graft case
The court also asked authorities to confiscate Tk1.10 crore wealth of Malek
A Dhaka court today (16 April) sentenced Abdul Malek, a former driver of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to five years imprisonment while his wife Nargis Begum to three years imprisonment in a graft case.
Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 Zakaria Hossain passed the order.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) field the case against them for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and concealing wealth information.
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The court also fined them Tk20,000, in default, to suffer three months more in rigorous imprisonment.
ACC prosecutor Asaduzzaman Rana said the court also asked authorities to confiscate Tk1.10 crore wealth of Malek.
Assistant director of ACC's head office Syed Nazrul Islam filed a case against Abdul Malek and his wife Nargis Begum on 14 February 2021.
According to the second case statement, Malek directly assisted his wife in acquiring wealth worth Tk1.10 crore beyond known sources of income.
ACC submitted chargesheet against them on 27 October.
Earlier on 23 March 2025, a court sentenced Abdul Malek to 13 years imprisonment in a case over amassing illegal wealth.
On 20 September 2021, another court sentenced Malek to 30 years imprisonment in another case filed under the Arms Act.
RAB members arrested Malek from Turag thana area in the city on 20 September 2020 on charge of extortion and involvement in illegal firearms trade.
