Staff Reporter :
Staffs of Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Office on Thursday attacked the officials of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) when they stormed their office to catch them with bribe money.
Ranjit Kumar Karmakar, Deputy Assistant Director, Wahid Murad Sohagh, official, Misbahudin Ahmed, constable and driver Biplob of ACC were injured in the attack.
As the condition of constable Misbahudin Ahmed is stated to be critical, he has been admitted to the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Shirin Parveen, Director of ACC Sylhet office led the drive.
The staffs of Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Office also held the ACC officials hostage for three hours.
Being informed a special squad of police led by Rukon Uddin, Additional Police Commissioner and Sohel Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali police station rushed to spot and rescued them from the clutches of the Deputy Commissioner’s staffs.
According to locals, Wakhil Chandra Sutradhar, owner of Payel Enterprise made a deal of giving Tk 20,000 in bribe to the Deputy Commissioner’s office employee Azizul Islam for shifting his business establishment.
On Thursday afternoon when Wakhil Chandra Sutradhar went to Deputy Commissioner office for giving the bribe to Azizul, the ACC team caught him red handed.
As the ACC team wanted to go to meet the Deputy Commissioner, other staffs beat them up with iron rods.
“They beat us and snatched away our documents and seized money,”
Shirin Parveen, director of ACC Sylhet office told local journalists.
