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Vol. 5 Num 965 Fri. February 16, 2007  
   
Metropolitan


Former Ctg DC Hasan sent to jail


Former deputy commissioner of Chittagong Mohammad Hasan was sent to jail yesterday, a day after he was arrested on charges of corruption and making indecent proposal to a woman teacher.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Moksudur Rahman sent Hasan to jail custody after he was produced before the court at around 11:30am.

On Wednesday, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Hasan, now chairman of Dew Point School, during a raid on the school in the city's Halishahar G Block area. The raid was conducted following a complaint lodged by the woman teacher who serves in the school.

Hasan was later handed over to Halishahar Police Station.

Rab sources said they arrested Hasan under Section 16 of Emergency Act 2007 to investigate the allegations of corruption and indecent proposal. There were allegations that Hasan resorted to widespread corruption when he served as the DC of Chittagong and Rangamati.