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| Mayor Minu sued for extortion |
| 2007-04-22 |
| An extortion case was filed yesterday against former BNP lawmaker and Rajshahi city mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu with Rajpara Police Station. Earlier on April 8, another case was filed against Minu with the same police station for aiding and abetting Islamist militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen, Bangladesh. Shamsul Islam Khan of Mohishbathan area in the city lodged the extortion case accusing the mayor and 10 others including district BNP vice president Nazrul Huda and former city BNP secretary Shafikul Haq Milon. Other accused in the case are BNP activists Sentu, Mainul, Babu, Ranju, Shamsul, Islam, Ashraf and Mamun. Plaintiff Shamsul Islam Khan, a governing body member of Evergreen Model College at Baharampur, alleged that all the accused individuals are associated together and they demanded Tk 4 lakh from him on March 29, 2007. In his case statement, Khan alleged that in 2006 during the founding of the college, Minu called him up along with college principal Abu Yusuf Selim at his office and asked them to include Nazrul Huda, Milon and local BNP activist Sentu in the governing body of the college. As Khan and principal Selim denied to comply with Minu's demand, the mayor threatened them of dire consequences. Later on July 4, 2006, Nazrul, Milon and Sentu went to the college and demanded Tk 1 lakh in toll since they were not included in the college governing body. At that time they forcefully took out 10 pairs of benches and desks worth Tk 13,000. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Shamsul Islam Khan of Mohishbathan area in the city I've been reading Rantburg too long - I read "Mohisthbathan" as "Moonbatistan" - though I doubt it makes much of a difference. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-04-22 17:44 |