Cop, woman arrested for taking Tk 10 lakh

Detective Branch (DB) of police on Friday arrested a sub-inspector (SI) of police and a woman for alluring a jobseeker into paying them Tk 10 lakh for a job with police.

The DB made the arrests from in front of Tangail police superintendent’s office and confiscated Tk 1.95 lakh in cash, a car and an ID card of a journalist from their possession. 

SI Mohammad Ali, 40, from Chowbaria village in Tangail Sadar upazila, is posted at Jamalpur district court.

The other arrestee, Shahanatul Arefin Sumi, 35, from Islampur upazila of Jamalpur, is wife of Khairul Bashar, who according to the seized ID card is staff reporter of an unrecognised daily newspaper named Anya Diganta. 

The money and press ID card seized from them. Photo: Star

A Tangail court yesterday sent both of them to jail after they were produced before it and a case was filed in this connection, naming three accused including the arrestees.

Tangail Superintendent of Police (SP) Sanjit Kumar Roy at a press briefing the same day said the SI of police, the woman and her husband took Tk 10 lakh from Wazed Ali of Sherpur Sadar upazila with the promise of getting his nephew Kabir Hossain a job in constable post of police.

On Friday, Wazed and his two relatives along with the arrestees came to the office of the SP in a car. 

Sumi took the money and went inside the premises of the SP’s office while the others waited in the car outside. After noticing Sumi handing over the money to her husband Khairul, Wazed demanded a meeting with the SP.

As Sumi refused to entertain Wazed’s demand, the two engaged in a noisy argument that eventually caught the attention of DB Sub-Inspector Farid Uddin and his team.

After hearing the accusations made by Wazed, the DB made the arrests and seized the car, SP Sanjit Kumar Roy said, adding that the money was found in Sumi’s possession.   

This year’s recruitment of police constables -- 49 male and 9 female -- for Tangail is scheduled to start at Tangail Police Lines from July 1.