The FINANCIAL — According to Lloyd's news centre, Bangladesh authorities have arrested a senior police officer and two constables for carrying out a robbery at a businessman's house in the southeastern city of Chittagong, police said on February 11.
An assistant police commissioner and the two constables, all in uniform, went to the house and stole 175,000 taka ($2,540) in cash and gold ornaments late Saturday, Chittagong police chief Akbar Ali said.
"We arrested them late Sunday on charges of the robbery. The jewelry items and the money were recovered from them," he added.
Bangladesh is consistently ranked as one of the world's most corrupt nations by the Berlin-based graft watchdog Transparency International.
The country's military-backed emergency government launched a crackdown on corruption after taking power in January 2007. It has detained more than 150 politicians, including ex-ministers accused of accepting bribes for official duties.
Early this month it accused an employee of the state-owned gas company of using his position to pocket $145 million.
