The New Nation - Internet Edition

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Task force of Anti Corruption Commission trapped and caught red handed Bhabotosh Haldar, 44, the head assistant of Govt. Barisal College of the city on Tuesday noon for taking bribe from another office staff of the college.

Major Shahriar, director of Barisal divisional ACC, said that Akbar Hossain, an office peon of the college lodged written complain with the ACC on Monday that his enemies inclined him with a incident of mass dacoity at Charkawa area in 2005 and police biased by the his opponents arrested him for his alleged involvement with the crime.

The education directorate suspended Akbor until the trial of the case to be completed and he acquitted from the charge by the court after found non-guilty on January 2008 and authority permitted him to join I service.

According he joined in his service at the same post in the same college on April 2008.

But the head assistant of the college demanded 10 thousand taka as bribe from him for forwarding file of giving arrear dues of his salaries.

After receiving allegation ACC team led by Md. Rahamatullah, assistant deputy director, set a trap to catch the corrupt official on Tuesday noon.

Bhabotosh Haldar was caught red handed by the ACC men while received Tk.3000 pre-marked currency notes as first installment of the bribe from Akbor Hossain.

Bhabotosh was handed over to Kotwali police station at evening after primary interrogation by ACC and lodge a case by Akbor Hossain as complainant under ACC act.

Prof. A K M Mojibor Rahman, principal of the college, acknowledging the fact, said that he knew nothing about demanding bribe for forwarding arrear salary file of Akbor and accused Bhabotosh was suspended after his arrest by the law enforcers.