Pabna, May 4 -- The Project Implementation Officer (PIO) of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj was arrested in Pabna on Sunday night in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Abul Kalam Azad was picked up from the Gopalpur area of the district town by a joint team of the ACC and police. Hailing from Hasampur village under Sujanagar upazila of Pabna, he currently lives with his family in the Shalgaria area of the town.

Confirming the arrest, ACC Pabna Integrated District Office Assistant Director Sadhan Chandra Sutradhar said multiple cases had been filed against Azad over allegations of embezzlement of development project funds, fabrication of fake muster rolls, and misuse of government money during his service in...