Two engineers of Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) in Pabna have been arrested by police while they were dealing with bribes. At that time, Tk 5.70 lakh were seized from their rooms.
Later, police took them to the police station concerned after collecting data and questioning them. The incident happened at the office of Sub-Divisional Engineer's office under Pabna WDB on Tuesday (April 23).
The arrested were Masud Rana, 29, son of Minhazul Islam of village Tikshail in Dapunia union under Pabna Sadar upazila. He is the WDB's sub-divisinal engineer (acting) in Pabna, and Mosharraf Hossain, 42, son of Anwar Hossain of Shibnagar under Meghna Police Station of Cumilla. Mosharraf is a sub-divisional engineer at the same office.
Contacted, Pabana WDB's superintendent engineer Sudhangsu Kumar Sarker said, "I have learnt about the incident. The Anti-Corruption Commission and law enforcing agencies are looking into the matter. Steps will be taken after probing how money have come from where."
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