‘Mujib Borsho Celebration’: Three arrested for extortion in Ctg
Police yesterday arrested three individuals on charges of extortion in the name of "Mujib Borsho celebration" in Chattogram city's Kotwali area.
The arrestees are -- Riaz Ahmed alias Razu (40), Shahjahan (45), and Batul Barua alias Dano (38).
Shah Md Abdur Rauf, additional deputy commissioner (south division) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, said they arrested the trio based on complaints from a businessman.
The arrestees demanded Tk 20,000 for "Mujib Borsho celebration", the businessman said.
"They are drug addicts. They set up this name-only club to extort money whenever any celebration approaches, to buy drugs," the ADC said, adding that the group has been active for over a year.
The police official said the arrestees extorted around Tk 35,000 -- in name of such celebration -- from businesspersons in Agrabad and Nandankanan areas.
According to police, the trio along with two others went to a shop named Three Home Sketch last Monday and demanded Tk 20,000. As the shop owner was outside, its employee Modhusodon Das refused to pay them.
The five then verbally abused and threatened him and left the shop saying they would come back for the money on Friday.
They went to the shop again yesterday, and demanded Tk 20,000.
This time, the shop employees informed law enforcers, who rushed there and arrested the three.
Two other members of the group managed to flee, police said.
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