2 Jamaat leaders held in Rajshahi for extortion

Police yesterday arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh in Puthia upazila in connection with Tk 2 lakh extortion case filed against them.
The arrestees are Rajshahi eastern region Jamaat amir (chief) Moksed Ali, also teacher of Puthia Degree College and chairman of Puthia Islamia Women's College governing body and Bagha upazila Jamaat amir Abdul Mannaf, also principal of Puthia Islamia Women's College, police said.
After arrest, they were produced before a court here. The court sent them to jail custody.
Police said the two were arrested from Puthia Bazaar.
Kamal Uddin, a dismissed teacher of Puthia Islamia Women's College lodged the Tk 2 lakh extortion case against them. He alleged that he was suspended on June 1 last year. The two demanded Tk 2 lakh promising reinstatement in job on August 25.