ACC arrests 8 over different scams

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today arrested eight persons from different parts of the country on charges of fraudulence and misappropriating money.

Of them, seven persons were arrested in connection with seven cases filed over misappropriating around Tk 54.50 lakh and another over fraudulence of around Tk 2.42 crore, according to ACC sources.

The arrestees are: Rafiqul Islam, Abul Fazal, Harun-Ur-Rashid, Al Amin, Ekramul Haque, Asaduzzaman, Mosharraf Hossain and Bhobotesh Boumik. 

Among the arrestees, Rafiqul, Abul, Rashid and Bhobotesh Boumik are government employees while Ekramul Haque and Asaduzzaman are former Sonali Bank officials, the sources said.