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ACC sues ex-jailer Sohel Rana

Corruption 2021-11-29, 8:44pm

ACC on Monday filed a case against former jailer of Chattogram central jail Sohel Rana Biswas for misappropriating around Tk 2.74 cr.



Dhaka, Nov 29 : The Anti-Corruption Commission ( ACC) on Monday filed a case against former jailer of Chattogram central jail Sohel Rana Biswas for misappropriating around Tk 2.74 crore.

ACC deputy director in Chattogram Abu Sayed filed the case with Chattogram Coordinated Office, said Deputy Director of ACC Public Relations office Muhammad Arif Sadeq.

According to the case statement, the jailer did not mention about Tk 40 lakh in his wealth statement which was submitted on September 18, 2019.

ACC in their investigation found that he had also amassed TK 2. 34 crore through corruption and bribery, it also said.

On October 26 last year, Sohel Rana was arrested from a Mymensingh-bound train along with Tk 44.4 lakh cash, over Tk1 crore in cheques and 12 bottles of phensidyl, reports UNB.