CID inspector closed on allegation of bribery
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspector Hari Pada Biswas of Satkhira CID office was closed to the CID headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday allegedly for taking bribe from an accused in BNP leader Altaf Hossain murder case.
Sub-inspector (SI) Jasim of Sadar Police Station raided the local CID office at about 1:00pm on Thursday and recovered Tk 3,000 from the floor under the table of the accused CID inspector, SI Jasim said.
Zahangir Alam of village Senergati in Tala upazila, an accused in the BNP leader Altaf Hossain murder case, claimed that he gave Hari Pada Biswas Tk 3,000 at the latter's office on Thursday after the CID inspector, also the investigation officer (IO) of the murder case, demanded the money for excluding his name from the charge sheet.
Tala upazila BNP president ABM Altaf Hossain was killed at Patkelghata in Tala upazila on May 4 in 2004.
Zahangir Alam, who was arrested by the IO, was released from jail as the court recently granted him bail.
Before entering into the office to pay the bribe money, Zahangir Alam informed the Satkhira Superintendent of Police (SP) of the matter, Alam said.
The SP sent SI Jasim of Sadar Police Station there and he searched the CID inspector's body but could not find the money with him. Then Alam pointed to the money lying on the floor under the table and SI Jasim recovered Tk 3,000 from there.
After getting the allegation, higher authorities closed Hari Pada Biswas to the CID headquarters and formed a three-member committee to probe the incident.
Satkhira SP Mirza Abdullahel Baki confirmed the incident and said action will be taken after investigation.
When contacted, Hari Pada Biswas refuted the allegation saying that he did not demand any bribe from Zahangir Alam nor did he take Tk 3,000 from him.
The CID official said he has already submitted the charge sheet in the murder case against 14 people including Zahangir Alam.
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