Staff Reporter :
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said that the officials of the Education Ministry were arrested based on specific information.
“The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested the Personal Officer (PO) of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Motaleb Hossain, Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Motin and the Ministry staff Nasir Uddin with strong evidence,” he said.
The Home Minister said this while talking to the media during a visit to a Puja Mandap at Rajdhani High School in city’s Manik Mia Avenue yesterday.
Meanwhile, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Monday said that departmental action would be taken against his detained Personal Officer and another Education ministry staff, if they are found guilty.
“If the duos are found guilty of corruption, the Ministry and the Department will take stern action against them. No one will be spared in the case of corruption; I am very strict in this regard,” Nahid said.
The Ministry will render all kinds of assistance to the law enforcers for their investigation, he said.
Earlier, Motaleb Hossain, Personal Officer of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, had reportedly gone missing from the capital on Saturday. Motaleb’s brother filed a general diary with Hazaribagh Police Station in this regard.
Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Motin also reportedly went missing on Saturday.
Nasir Uddin, an Upper-Division Clerk of Education Ministry reportedly went missing from the city on Thursday afternoon.
Nayem Ahmed Julhas, brother-in-law of the victim, filed a general diary with Banani Police Station in this connection.
