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| Comilla Chhatra League leader robs Taiwanese businessman | |
| 2015-01-30 | |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Police in Comilla are looking for a Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... leader accused of leading a gang to coerce a Taiwanese businessman into giving money on Wednesday. The gang led by Sohel Ibne Mohiuddin was claimed to have taken away Tk31 lakh from Huangjun Yu, managing director of Yagotex Fabrics in Comilla EPZ area. Late on Wednesday night, the Taiwanese national lodged a case with Kotwali cop shoppe, stating that five to six men led by Sohel entered his rented flat in section 3 of the housing estate area around 1:30pm and held him at gunpoint.
In a while, Huangjun was brought back to his flat and was forced to write a cheque for Tk23 lakh. Sohel then transferred the money from Prime Bank's Comilla branch to the account of his firm, Aab Yaaz Enterprise, by wire transfer, according to police. They also took Tk8 lakh in cash from Huangjun's flat and made him sign two blank cheques before leaving. Sohel, son of AHM Mohiuddin of Tomchhom Bridge area and a leader of Chhatra League's Comilla Victoria Government College unit, served in prison a year earlier on charges of embezzling Tk38 lakh from a Dhaka-based businessman named Azad. Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model cop shoppe Khorshed Alam said the lawsuit was transferred to the Detective Branch of police in compliance with an order of the district police super. Sub-Inspector of the Detective Branch of police in Comilla Firoz Hossain, also the investigating officer of the case, said Sohel's wife Dipti was interrogated for clues and was released later. "Several police teams are trying to nab the accused and to recover the money," he added. | |
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