The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested its suspended Director Khandaker Enamul Basir over a bribery scandal.
A team of the national anti-graft body arrested Basir from his Darus Salam residence in the city around on Monday night, ACC director Sheikh Md Fanafilla confirmed Barta24.com.
The arrest made six days after the ACC filed a case against Basir and suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman over the Tk 40-lakh bribery scandal.
Sheikh Mohammad Fanafillah, ACC director and also the leader of the investigation team, filed the case with Dhaka-1 coordinated district office under the Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday last.
Earlier, the ACC gave its approval to lodge the case against them.
A private TV channel reported recently that Mizan gave Tk 40 lakh to Enamul Basir to get clean chit in a corruption case.
Basir was suspended on June 10 for allegedly leaking information, a breach of job discipline.
Besides, Mizan was shown arrested in the case on Sunday.