DHAKA, May 13, 2024 (BSS) - The government has suspended Dhaka district registrar Wahidul Islam, who is now behind bars in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Law and Justice Division in a notification dated May 12, said as Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on April 30, took into cognizance the charge-sheet filed in the case and sent Wahidul to jail, he is being suspended in line with section 39 (2) of the Public Service Act, 2018.

Wahidul would remain attached to the Directorate of Registration during his suspension period and get subsistence allowances and other benefits as per provision, it read.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on April 30 sent Wahidul, 47, to jail as he surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail.

ACC assistant director Mohammad Jinnatul Islam filed the case on September 21, 2021, for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 1.21 crore and giving false statement regarding wealth of Taka 94.50 lakh.

The anti-graft body on January 9 in 2024 filed charge-sheet against Wahidul and his wife Pervin Hossain Bhuiyan.