The Department of Shipping today suspended its chief engineer AKM Fakhrul Islam, who was caught red-handed while taking bribe at his Motijheel office.

Public relations officer of the department Jahangir Alam Khan said the action was taken against Fakhrul as he was arrested by an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team for corruption.

Earlier on July 18, an ACC team went to the office of Fakhrul and arrested him while taking Tk 5 lakh as bribe from Badrul Alam, an employee of Bangle Marine Engineering Services.

Abdul Wadud, assistant director of ACC, filed a case with Motijheel Police Station.