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Vol. 5 Num 1049 Tue. May 15, 2007  
   
National


Extortion Case
16 B'baria BNP men sent to jail


A magistrate court here yesterday sent 16 BNP leaders including its Nasirnagar upazila secretary Kamruzzaman Mamun to jail following their appearance before the court in an extortion case.

Earlier, Mortaz Ali, a contractor of Atikura village in Fandauk union of Nasirnagar upazila filed the extortion case against them. In his complaint. Mortaz said the BNP leaders forced him to stop construction of a road at the village for his failure to pay them Tk 20,000 toll.