Bribe taker cop gets bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to a sub-inspector (SI) of Mirpur Police Station, four months after he was caught while taking bribe.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Haque of Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order upon a bond of Tk 10,000 with two guarantors after SI Rakibul Hasan surrendered to the court and sought bail.
On getting the bail, Rakib laughed out loud while saying, the charge would not affect him.
During the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol prayed to the court to send Rakibul to jail as the charge brought against him was primarily proved.
When the prosecution prayed for suspending the accused from his current position as a government service holder, the judge replied, the police department should take the initiative for his suspension.
Assistant Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Anwarul Haq filed the case against Rakibul on December 19, 2010 with the same court for committing the offence.
The case statement said SI Rakibul demanded Tk 5 lakh bribe from a Ferdous Ara to arrest five criminals she had brought charges against, on December 3, 2010.
In March, this year, ACC Assistant Director Jahangir Alam investigated the incident and mentioned in his report that SI Rakibul accepted Tk 5,000 in bribe from the complainant, Ferdous Ara, on December 9, last year.
A team of ACC officials caught the sub-inspector red-handed while accepting the bribe at National Heart Foundation Hospital in the city's Mirpur, the statement added.
Earlier on March 16, he was summoned to appear before the court in connection with the bribery case filed against him.