LGRD minister's ex-APS arrested

Detectives arrested former assistant personal secretary (APS) of LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at a Nakhalpara house in Dhaka on Monday, as he is a fugitive accused in 18 extortion cases filed with Faridpur Sadar Police Station. A corruption case was also filed against him.

Satyajeet Mukherjee, 40, who had been on the run for a year, was taken to the police station yesterday, said Office-in-Charge Md Najimuddin Ahamad.

Satyajeet, former general secretary of Faridpur district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, was dismissed from the post of APS and GS on April 16, 2015 when Mosharraf was expatriate welfare minister.

On April 19 that year, Satyajeet was first sued over extortion.