ACC suspends official over bribery allegations tied to real estate case

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suspended an official over allegations of taking bribes to clear a former housing company chairman from a graft case. The suspended officer, Mohammad Zulfikar, served as an assistant director at the ACC’s headquarters in Dhaka. According to a suspension order signed by ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen on Thursday, Zulfikar is accused of receiving money from the former chairman of RKD Real Estate Company on multiple occasions. The order also alleges that Zulfikar claimed to have bought a flat at a reduced price but never registered it in his name, instead living there rent-free with his family. He is further accused of using a private car without proper declaration. The ACC said the decision to...