The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has detained an upazila project implementation officer (PIO)in Dinajpur with over Tk 17 million he took as bribe.
Tajul Islam, PIO of the district's Parbatipur Upazila, held after the graft watchdog's Enforcement Unit raided his office and residence on Thursday (Jan 8) and sized the money, ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told Bangla Tribune.
Flanked by an executive magistrate and a team of police, ACC Deputy Director Abu Hena Md Ashikur Rahman led the conduct.
More details were immediately unavailable.