AL men threaten to kill journo
Some ruling Awami League leaders of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat have threatened to kill a local journalist for reporting their misappropriation of a Tk 50,000 cheque issued from the Prime Minister's relief fund for a victim of violence.
In this connection, the journalist, Sumon Chowdhury, 38, Panchbibi upazila correspondent of the Bangla daily Bhorer Kagoj, filed two separate general diaries (GDs) with Panchbibi Police Station on Thursday and Friday.
In the GDs, he said Panchbibi upazila AL General Secretary and its Mayor Habibur Rahman and upazila AL Office Secretary Md Mamunur Rashid Mondal threatened to kill him over the phone on Friday morning and Thursday evening.
They also threatened to implicate him in extortion cases, the complaints said. Officer-in-Charge Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal confirmed the filing of the GDs.
Despite repeated attempts, this correspondent could not contact Habibur as he did not respond to the phone calls.
In its report on May 1, Bhorer Kagoj said Md Motiur Rahman Babu, labour affairs secretary of Kusumba union AL, allegedly misappropriated the Tk 50,000 cheque issued for one Md Motiur Rahman, a victim of violence in Shalaipur village.
After a war crimes tribunal sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to death, Jamaat-Shibir men attacked and damaged Motiur's house on March 3 last year.
AL men, however, called Motiur a Jamaat supporter.
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