ACC arrests two in sting operations
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in two separate sting operations on Wednesday and yesterday arrested two government employees for taking bribe.
A complaint received on its hotline, 106, prompted the ACC to entrap a science and technology ministry office clerk, Sultan Hossain Talukdar, in Dhaka's Mirpur area.
A nine-member team of the ACC made the arrest as Sultan came out of a house after collecting Tk 50,000 bribe from blind jobseeker Mizanur Rahman, said Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, ACC's public relations officer.
Sultan had promised Mizanur, a pesticide vendor, a job in exchange for Tk 3 lakh and Mizanur paid Tk 80,000 months ago.
Mizanur reminded Sultan a number of times over the past few months about his promise and Sultan repeatedly demanded for more payment, according to the case statement.
Mizanur's wife, also blind, called the ACC hotline and complained about Sultan on September 5 when Sultan called her husband, asking a Tk 50,000 payment for an arranged job interview.
The team members of ACC took position around Mizanur's Mirpur house and “while Sultan was leaving Mizanur's home with Tk 50,000, ACC caught him,” said Pranab.
ACC's Deputy Assistant Director Nazim Uddin filed a case with Shah Ali Police Station on Wednesday night.
In another operation yesterday, an ACC team arrested a clerk of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority's (BRTA) Narsingdi office while he was taking bribe from a driving licence applicant.
Yesterday around 11:00am at BRTA's Narsingdi office, the clerk, Sumon Kumar Saha, was collecting Tk 10,000 as the first instalment of a Tk 25,000 deal he made with licence seeker Yasin Arafat, according to Yasin.
ACC's Assistant Director Rezaul Karim filed a case with Narsingdi Sadar Police Station in this regard.
At the beginning of 2017, ACC's Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said they would entrap government officials for taking bribe.
The ACC this year arrested 19 government employees while taking bribe.
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