Dhaka: A court on Wednesday placed chief engineer of Shipping Department AKM Fakhrul Islam on a two-day police custody for interrogation in a case filed for taking bribe.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sattaya Brata Sikder passed the order after Anti- Corruption Commission deputy director M Ibrahim, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Fakhrul Islam before the court seeking a five-day police custody for quizzing.

However, Kabir Hossian, counsel of accused, filed a petition seeking bail for Fakhrul.

On Tuesday, members of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) caught AKM Fakhrul Islam, chief engineer of the Department of Shipping (DoS), red-handed while taking bribe at his Motijheel office on Tuesday.

A team of the Commission went to the office of Fakhrul and arrested him while taking Tk 5 lakh as bribe from Badrul Alam, an employee of Bangle Marine Engineer Services, at about 2:00pm.

Abdul Wadud, assistant director of ACC, filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on Tuesday night in connection with the incident.