Jhalakathi, March 10 -- A Project Implementation Officer (PIO) in Nalchity upazila of Jhalakathi has been accused of taking a bribe over the allocation of soil for a government graveyard development project.

A written complaint was submitted to the Jhalakathi Deputy Commissioner on Tuesday by Mohammad Oliul Islam, a resident of Ward No. 5 of Nalchity municipality.

According to the complaint, a TR project worth around Tk 1.15 lakh was allocated for filling soil at the government graveyard in Mallikpur under Nalchity municipality. However, the Upazila Project Implementation Officer, Awlad Hossain, allegedly took Tk 9,000 as a bribe citing additional expenses related to the project.

The complainant said they were compelled to pay the mone...