A team of the anti-graft body led by its deputy director Atiqur Rahman detained Monir Hossain at his office in Shariatpur, said ACC secretary Md Mahbub Hossain.
The ACC secretary said Monir Hossain demanded a bribe of Tk 1,25,000 to send an application regarding changing the name and sub-sector of Messrs Dhali Mineral Water to the BSCIC chairman office.
The ACC team detained Monir while he was accepting Tk 50,000 of the bribe amount from Dhali Mineral Water.
ACC sources said after the cancellation of plot No. A 7 of Messrs Dhali Mineral Water of BSCIC industrial city in Shariatpur, an application was made by Dhali Mineral Water to the BSCIC chairman to withdraw the plot cancellation order as per the BSCIC plot allocation policy 2010.
However, BSCIC deputy manager Monir Hossain unethically demanded a bribe of Tk 1,25,000 for sending the application to the office of BSCIC chairman.
