Dhaka, July 31 -- Police seized cheques worth Tk 2.25 crore from the house of Abdur Razzak Riyad, who was earlier arrested for allegedly attempting to extort money from a former MP's house in Gulshan. Deputy Commissioner (DC) of DMP's Detective Police Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed the matter in a press conference at Mintoo Road in DMP media center on Wednesday.

Muhammad Talebur Rahman said the accused of Tk 5 million in extortion at the former lawmaker's residence in the capital's Gulshan were grilled. Four cheques of Tk 22.5 million were recovered based on information gleaned from them.

The process was on to file a case at the Kalabagan police station in this connection, he added.Abdur Razzak Bin Solaiman was a central committee memb...