2 held while taking bribe
An Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) team caught red-handed two officials of Palli Bidyut Samity (REB) at Darbasta Bazaar in Jaintapur on Monday afternoon while taking bribe from a businessman. Acting on a tip-off, the team along with Rab went to the PBS Sylhet 2 office at about 3:00pm and arrested its general manager Mofazzal Hossain and deputy general manager Dilip Chandra Chowdhury. They were taking bribe from businessman Afzal Hossain, owner of a stone crushing plant at Bholaganj in Companyganj upazila. Sources said, Afzal informed Rab that the two officials demanded Tk 1.50 lakh from him as he applied for new power connection to his mill in Companyganj upazila. The two were held while taking Tk 70,000 from Afzal.
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