A team of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Chittagong yesterday arrested a police officer with money and a motorbike that he took as bribes from a complainant for evicting illegal occupants from his land.
The arrestee identified as Nabi Ullah, 48, was a sub-inspector (SI) of Bayezid Police Station in the port city.
Sources said one Humayun Kabir of Maiyeezpara under Mohammadpur upazila in Magura purchased 10 ganda of land with a registered deed at Jalalabad mouza under Bayezid Police Station.
But the owner failed to take the possession of the land since a group of local miscreants kept it under their illegal occupants.
Fresh survey of the land by Chittagong Development Authority and land acquisition section of the district administration found the land owned by Humayun Kabir.
Following a complaint by the plaintiff, CMP commissioner in a written order directed the concerned officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station to look into the matter.
The OC entrusted SI Nabi Ullah with the responsibility of evicting the occupants from the land.
With Humayun doing job in Dhaka, Nabi Ullah demanded Tk 2 lakh and a motorbike from his wife Reba Kabir for the eviction that prompted her to lodge a complaint with ACC divisional office here.
As Nabi Ullah was taking Tk 20,000 as a portion of the demand for Tk 2 lakh and a new motorbike from Reba's residence at Baluchara, an ACC team arrested him red-handed at around 4:00pm.
ACC Assistant Inspector Jahangir Alam lodged a case with Bayezid Police Station, accusing the SI in this connection.