2 held for extorting in ACC’s name

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested two people from the capital's Rampura area on charge of extorting money from different organisations in the name of the Commission faking identity.
An ACC team arrested the duo-- Nazrul Islam Nayem of Narayanganj and Khushed Alam Khan of Barisal -- on Tuesday night, ACC spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB on Wednesday. He also said a case was filed against them today. ACC deputy director SMM Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan filed the case against them with Rampura Police Station in the capital.
According to the case statement, the arrestees sent emails to different organisations faking the signature of ACC commissioner AFM Aminul Islam and using ACC's pad, and phoned them demanding money in the name of publishing advertisements in an ACC publication.  Some organisations, including Navana Pharmaceuticals Limited, General Pharmaceuticals Limited and Kumudini Welfare Trust, were forced to deposit money with two bank accounts during December 2016 to April 1, 2017, the statement said. 
Later, they withdrew a total of Tk 2.72 lakh from the bank accounts and plundered the amount. The case was filed under the Penal Code 1860.

2 held for extorting in ACCs name

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested two people from the capitals Rampura area on charge of extorting money from different organisations in the name of the Commission faking identity. An ACC team arrested the duo-- Nazrul Islam Nayem of Narayanganj and Khushed Alam Khan of Barisal -- on Tuesday night, ACC spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB on Wednesday. He also said a case was filed against them today. ACC deputy director SMM Akhter Hamid Bhuiyan filed the case against them with Rampura Police Station in the capital. According to the case statement, the arrestees sent emails to different organisations faking the signature of ACC commissioner AFM Aminul Islam and using ACCs pad, and phoned them demanding money in the name of publishing advertisements in an ACC publication. Some organisations, including Navana Pharmaceuticals Limited, General Pharmaceuticals Limited and Kumudini Welfare Trust, were forced to deposit money with two bank accounts during December 2016 to April 1, 2017, the statement said. Later, they withdrew a total of Tk 2.72 lakh from the bank accounts and plundered the amount. The case was filed under the Penal Code 1860.