Online Desk: Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested an personal assistant of a senior official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The arrested man is Gautam Bhattacharya, 42, an personal assistant of a director general of the ACC, said Harun-or-Rashid, additional commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan DB, at a press conference on Saturday.

Gautam was arrested red handed during while receiving bribe at a hotel in Dhaka’s Motijheel on Friday (June 24). “Gautam demanded Tk 20 lakh after he forged the signatures of ACC officials on a letter bringing false corruption allegations against businessman Ashiquzzaman and threatened an investigation against him,” Harun-or-Rashid said.

A fake letter was sent to Ashiquzzaman, accusing him of accumulating wealth illegally. Ashiquzzaman then informed the matter to the DB police, who investigated the incident and laid a trap. Ashiquzzaman was sent to a hotel in Motijheel with Tk 20 lakh by the DB to meet with the gang. Police then raided the hotel and arrested Gautam and three others from there, the police official said.

Three other arrested are Habibur Rahman, 42, Paritosh Mandal, 63, and Esken Ali Khan, 57. Esken Ali is a retired police constable, while the other two are brokers.