A bank official was arrested in Phulpur upazila on Thursday night on charges of taking bribes from a client.

A team of Anti-Corruption Commission (AAC) caught Abdus Salam, investigation officer of Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Phulpur upazila branch, red-handed from a tea stall when he was receiving Tk 2000 from Azizul Islam, a farmer of village Rupshi in Phulpur, Mymensingh.

Abdus Salam was produced before a Mymensingh court yesterday. The court sent him to jail.

Earlier, Azizul informed the ACC that Abdus Salam demanded Tk 10,000 in bribes from him in exchange for a loan of Tk 1,00,000 for him. Following a negotiation, Salam agreed to take Tk 4,000.

When Azizul gave Salam the money at the tea stall, the ACC team, who had already been there, arrested Salam with the money. Later, he was handed over to Phulpur Police Station.