ACC files case against former OC of Gangni police station and his wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former Officer-in-Charge (OC) Harendranath Sarkar of  Gangni Police Station and his wife Krishna Rani Adhikari for allegedly acquiring illegal assets worth Tk 3 crore.

Nasrullah Hossain, Deputy Director of  ACC, Kushtia office on Tuesday afternoon filed two separate cases as a plaintiff.

The accused in one case is former OC of Gangni police station Harendranath Sarkar (53). Another accused in the case is OC’s wife Krishna Rani Adhikari. They are the resident of village Bashirampur under Ashasuni upazila of Shathkhira district. Harendranath Sarkar is currently the inspector of Rangamati PSTS. According to the case statement, OC Harendranath Sarkar has illegally earned Tk 2 crore 8 lakh 57 thousand 84. He could not give any explanation for this money. Similarly, his wife Krishna Rani Adhikari could not give any explanation of 32 lakh 70 thousand 604 rupees. Sections 26 (2) and 26 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 and two cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 4 (2) and 4 (3) of 2012 were filed.

The plaintiff Nasrullah Hossain, Dy. Director of ACC Kushtia said action would be taken against the accused as per law.