Four including ACC official remanded in extortion case

A court in Dhaka on Saturday placed four people, including Anti-Corruption Commission Director General's (Money Laundering) personal assistant Gautam Bhattacharya, on a three-day remand for allegedly blackmailing people with fake  ACC notices to extort money.

The other three accused are- dismissed police constable Md Eskan Ali Khan, Habibur Rahman and Paritosh Mondal.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Humayun Kabir passed the order after Police's Detective Branch produced them before the court, seeking a 10-day remand in an extortion and fraud case filed with Motijheel Police Station in the capital on Friday.

At a press briefing at DMP Media Centre at Minto Road in the capital this morning, Additional Police Commissioner and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch (DB) chief Mohammad Harun-ar-Rashid said that the accused were blackmailing two businessmen with fake ACC notices and demanded hefty sums from them.

"Acting on a tip-off, DB police arrested them from a Hotel in Motijheel area on Friday. Fake ACC envelope and notice, four mobile phone sets and cash Tk 1.5 lakh were seized from their possession at that time," the official added.

Source: BSS