Extortion case in the name of 6 people including the former municipal mayor in Faridpur

An extortion case has been filed in the name of 6 people, including the newly removed mayor of Faridpur municipality, Amitabh Bose and the chairman of Sadar Upazila Parishad, Shamchul Alam Chowdhury.

On Tuesday (August 20) around 11:30 am, Judge Nasim Ahmed of the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court No. 1 of Faridpur ordered the Kotwali police station to take the case as an FIR.

Lutfar Rahman, former organizational secretary of Faridpur District Youth Dal, filed the case.

On the same evening, Faridpur George Court lawyer Advocate Shah Abu Zafar confirmed the case. He said that the court has ordered the Kotwali police station to accept the case as an FIR within 72 hours.

In the RG of the case, the plaintiff Lutfar Rahman mentioned that the defendants demanded 10 lakh taka from him due to different factions. When he refused to pay the contribution, on April 15 this year around six in the evening, the accused threatened him with ramda, ballam, iron rod and iron rod. At that time, they attacked him and beat him severely when he asked him to pay one lakh taka for his life. At that time, the accused tied his hands and feet to the tree with a rope. When his wife objected, he was also locked in the house. The accused later vandalized all the goods in the house and looted various goods including cash, gold ornaments.

The plaintiff in the case said that nothing could be said against the accused because they were doing Awami League politics. At present, the situation is favorable and the case is being filed.

It has been mentioned that recently removed Mayor Amitabh Bose and Chairman of Sadar Upazila Parishad Shamsul Alam Chowdhury are accused in the charge sheet of the Tk 2000 crore money laundering case discussed in Faridpur.