Two police officers were held in the charge of trying to withdraw Tk 3.5 million from a bank account of the home ministry with forged cheques.

The detainees were identified as Mir Abul Kalam Azad, 54, inspector and Mostafizur Rahman, 38, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Dhaka range police.

Confirming the incident, Ramna Police Station sources said, “On Wednesday, Inspector Azad and ASI Mostafizur were shown arrested in connection with a case filed by audit and accounts officer Shafiqul Islam of the home ministry.”

On Wednesday (Aug 28), the case was filed against the duo with Ramna Police Station, sources said.

According to the case statement, on Jul 28, Inspector Azad and ASI Mostafizur submitted a cheque of the ministry to the Kakrail branch of Sonali Bank Limited forging signatures and date. When the branch authorities communicated with audit and accounts officer Shafiqul Islam, the issue of check fraudulence came to light.