Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today claimed have caught an education official red-handed while taking bribe in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh this afternoon.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the anti-graft body caught Anwarul Islam from his office while he was taking Tk 10,000 from a man as bribe, ACC Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee told The Daily Star.

Later, the ACC team searched his house and recovered Tk 1.33 lakh which was earned through illegal means, the ACC official said.