Sub-registrar office assistant jailed

A Kushtia court sent a female office assistant of Kushtia's Daulatpur upazila sub-registrar (land) office to jail yesterday.

The office assistant -- Jannatul Ferdous Munni -- was arrested with Tk 31,200 in cash on Wednesday night. She allegedly collected the money by taking bribes.

She was placed before District and Session Judge Abu Taher yesterday, said Al-Mujahid Mithu, lawyer of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Kushtia.

Kushtia ACC Assistant Director Neel Kamal Pal filed a case against the woman under 161 of the Anti-corruption law of 1947.