, Jan. 19 -- Corruption Commission (ACC) found evidence that former State Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives and Jatiya Party Presidium Member and former Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Rangha received bribes worth Tk 1.7 crore in exchange for facilitating the payers' participation in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election, held in 2018.

Based on the findings, the ACC has decided to file a case against Ranga and former Kurigram-2 MP Panir Uddin Ahmed, who allegedly paid the bribe to secure the opportunity to contest the election.

The decision to file the case was taken on Monday (January 19) at the ACC headquarters, ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain said.

According to the inquiry report, despite having no business relation...