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Bank staff arrested

15 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Police arrested a Janata Bank staff last night from Munjitpur area in the town on charge of cheating. The arrestee is Akbar Hossain of Kamalnagar area in the town, also a clerk cum supervisor of Janata Bank office at Khulna. Sources said, Dr Shafiqul Alam of village Paikara in Kaliganj upazila filed a case with the judicial magistrate's court accusing the Janata Bank staff of cheating. Police said the accused allegedly took Tk 2, 80, 000 from the plaintiff to sell his house built on seven decimal land in Kamalnagar area in the town. But he was dilly-dallying in making any deed to transfer his land in favour of the plaintiff. Later, the plaintiff came to know that Akbar made another agreement with one Amjad Hossain of Kamalnagar area to sell the same land. Not only that, he also took loan from a bank mortgaging that land, sources said.