Sub-registrar among three held with bribe money in Ctg

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) caught a sub-registrar and his two associates red-handed while taking Tk2 lakh in bribes on Tuesday afternoon.

A team of the ACC Chattogram district office apprehended them in a raid at the Pahartali Sub-Registry Office. They were Sub-Registrar Abdus Sobhan, Head Clerk Faruk Islam and Umedar Rupan Das.

ACC sources said that a lawyer went to the Pahartali Sub-Registry Office located in the city’s court building to register two partnership agreements of his client. 

Although there was no error in the two deeds, the registration was withheld. 

When he inquired about the reason, Sobhan and Faruk allegedly demanded a bribe of Tk2 lakh in exchange for registering the two deeds.

Later, the lawyer lodged a complaint through the ACC hotline number 106. He also filed a written complaint at the ACC Chattogram district office-1. 

After filing the complaint, the lawyer went to pay the bribe on Tuesday afternoon. The ACC officials arrested the trio while taking the money during the raid.

Filing of a case in this connection was underway.