An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Barisal police was closed to the district police lines yesterday for allegedly taking bribe from relatives of an arrestee.

Saiful Islam, superintendent of police (SP) in Barisal, said Aminul Islam, an ASI at Ujirpur Police Station, arrested one Shamim Khan with Yaba on Thursday noon.

Later, the ASI collected Tk 5,000 through bKash, a mobile financial service provider, with the promise that the arrestee would not be tortured in custody, said the SP.   

Aminul was closed to the police lines as he could not provide any satisfactory answer in this regard, said the SP, adding that an investigation into the allegation was underway.