Zia Parishad leader sued for 'extortion'

An extortion case has been filed against five people including president of Tala Upazila Zia Parishad Akhtaruzzaman, principal of Advocate Abdur Rahman College.
Other accused are lecturers Kamalesh Chandra and Subhashis Pal and college staff Swapan Kumar Sarkar and Dilip Kumar Sarkar of the college at Binerpota in Sadar upazila.
Hosne Ara Khatun, a teacher of Binerpota Pre-cadet School, filed the case with a magistrate court on October 31, allegedly for demanding toll from her.
The plaintiff complained that a group of people led by Akhtaruzzaman and four other accused attacked the school and damaged furniture and documents on October 28 and demanded Tk 50,000 from her.
On contact, principal Akhtaruzzaman refuted the allegation and said they asked the school authorities to shift the school from the college land.