Aminul, Dulu, Nadim sued for helping militancy

Two more cases were filed yesterday against former telecommunications minister barrister Aminul Haque, deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu, ex-MP Nadim Mostafa and 101 others on charges of patronising militants and committing extortion and repression.
Names of Haque, Dulu and Nadim--the three influential leaders of the then ruling party, BNP--were mentioned in both cases.
Mozaffar of Khalishpara and Ibrahim Hossain of Kathalbari village in Bagmara upazila filed the cases against 58 and 46 persons respectively with the Judicial Court-3 in Rajshahi city.
After the filing of the cases, Judge Asafuddoula asked Bagmara thana police to take "legal actions."
In his complaint Mozaffar alleged that the accused looted his house and took him to JMB torture cell forcibly on April 28, 2004 when militancy was at its height in the upazila under the leadership of Siddiqul Islam Bangla Bhai.
Bhai was later executed along with JMB chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman and four other kingpins of the outfit.
"I was taken to the local JMB camp and tortured as I refused to give the money," Mozaffar stated in the case.
Later, he was released after his family members paid them Tk 30000.
Mozaffar had to be admitted to the hospital due to the inhuman torture meted out to him.
Ibrahim, the plaintiff of the other case, said that the accused also took him to JMB torture cell and demanded Tk 50000 as ransom. He was tortured for refusing to pay the money. Later, family members found Ibrahim lying on a road and got him admitted to a local hospital.
On Tuesday, a case was filed against 35 such suspects, including former deputy minister Dulu and ex-MP Nadim, on the same charges.