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Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana OC on stand release


 
Published : 14 Aug 2020 01:20 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 09:01 PM

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Lalmonirhat Sadar Thana Mahfuz Alam has been on stand release after a video of him accepting a bribe using a sanitizer went viral. The OC used sanitiser in fear of coronavirus. 

OC has been posted in Dhaka as a tourist police inspector.

Lalmonirhat District Superintendent of Police (SP) Abida Sultana confirmed the information on Thursday evening.

Recently, in a family case, OC Mahfuz took a bribe of Tk 10,000 on the pretext of advising the accused and taking the case.

Before accepting the money, OC Mahfuz disinfected himself and the bribe-giver. Such a video goes viral on social media. Later that news came up in different media.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Atiqul Islam started the investigation on the instructions of Lalmonirhat Superintendent of Police. Finally, a letter came to the office of the district police superintendent releasing OC Mahfuz and appointing him as an inspector of tourist police.

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