Land official caught in the act

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday caught a land official in Mymensingh red-handed while taking bribe.
A six-member ACC team, led by its director Nasim Anwar, arrested assistant officer of Rampur union land office in Tarakanda upazila Ratan Kishore Das from his office on Tuesday afternoon, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB.
Md Enamul Haque, a villager, recently went to the local land office to collect a tax receipt of land mutation, but Ratan demanded Tk 8,000 for the job, and warned that he will not give the receipt if he is not paid. Then Enamul submitted a written compliant against the land official with the Commission.
In consultation with the ACC officials, the plaintiff went to the land office on Tuesday again to give Ratan Tk 8,000 in bribe. While receiving the money, the ACC team caught him red-handed.
Later in the day, ACC assistant director Masudur Rahman of its Mymensingh zila office filed a case against the land official with Tarakanda Police Station in connection with the incident.

Land official caught in the act

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday caught a land official in Mymensingh red-handed while taking bribe. A six-member ACC team, led by its director Nasim Anwar, arrested assistant officer of Rampur union land office in Tarakanda upazila Ratan Kishore Das from his office on Tuesday afternoon, ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB. Md Enamul Haque, a villager, recently went to the local land office to collect a tax receipt of land mutation, but Ratan demanded Tk 8,000 for the job, and warned that he will not give the receipt if he is not paid. Then Enamul submitted a written compliant against the land official with the Commission. In consultation with the ACC officials, the plaintiff went to the land office on Tuesday again to give Ratan Tk 8,000 in bribe. While receiving the money, the ACC team caught him red-handed. Later in the day, ACC assistant director Masudur Rahman of its Mymensingh zila office filed a case against the land official with Tarakanda Police Station in connection with the incident.