Following arguments from both sides, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana granted a two-day remand.
Surveyor Mohammad Asadul Islam in court premises. Photo: Collected
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Surveyor Mohammad Asadul Islam in court premises. Photo: Collected
A Dhaka court today (9 November) placed a surveyor at the Lalbagh land office on a two-day remand after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested him red-handed while receiving an alleged Tk1 lakh bribe.
The accused, Mohammad Asadul Islam, 51, was produced before the court after ACC Assistant Director and case investigation officer Hafizur Rahman sought a three-day remand for questioning.
Following arguments from both sides, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana granted a two-day remand.
According to the remand application, retired army personnel Md Monirul Islam had obtained registered irrevocable powers of attorney from the owners of 282 decimals of land across several plots in the Char Kamrangi mouza under Lalbagh Police Station in Dhaka.
Monirul applied to the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner’s office on 27 April for land demarcation, identification of government and privately owned plots, and preparation of a sketch map.
However, the work remained pending for nearly six months despite his repeated visits to the Lalbagh Revenue Circle office.
He was eventually advised to contact Asadul, a surveyor at the office.
According to the ACC, the complainant handed Asadul Tk1 lakh around 11am last Tuesday (3 November) in the surveyor’s designated room at the Lalbagh Revenue Circle Assistant Commissioner (Land) office.
After receiving the money, Asadul placed it in the second drawer of a side table before ACC team members waiting nearby caught him red-handed.
The Tk1 lakh was later recovered from an envelope in the second drawer of the table. The serial numbers of the banknotes matched those previously provided by the complainant, the ACC said.
ACC Assistant Director Md Mahbub Morshed subsequently filed a case against Asadul. The ACC’s application also stated that Asadul admitted to accepting the bribe during questioning.
The commission sought his remand to identify others involved in the bribery and uncover further information related to the incident.
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