Sylhet, Jan. 25 -- A court on Sunday ordered eight officials and employees of Sylhet Medical University to be sent to jail in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Munshi Abdul Majid, directed their imprisonment after they surrendered to the court. The accused are Procurement Officer Abdul Monir, Section Officer Rinku Das, Chowdhury Ruman Ahmed, and Lokman Ahmed, Administrative Officer Suranjit Chandra Talukdar, Robiul Alam Bakul, Mohammad Rashedul Islam, and Office Assistant-cum-Computer Operator Ruhul Amin.

Earlier, six other officials of the university had already been jailed in the same case, their bail applications also rejected. ACC lawyer Mahajirul Islam Rahat con...