Television presenter Farzana Brownia has filed a case against five individuals, including head of news at private TV channel Channel i Shykh Seraj on charges of fraud.
On Wednesday, Brownia filed the case in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque in Dhaka.
The court recorded her statement and instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the complaint and submit a report.
The other accused in the case are Zahid Uddin Mahmud Mamun, Mukit Majumder Babu, Abdur Rashid Majumder Parvez, and Riaz Ahmed Khan.
In the complaint, Farzana Brownia mentioned that she had joined Channel i under the accused as a manager (marketing) with a salary of Tk100,000.
She also served as the host and director of a program called Swarnakishoree. However, in 2018, during the quota reform movement, after speaking in favour of the students, she was suddenly banned from the organization on October 11.
When she protested verbally, the accused informed her that she would continue to receive her salary on a monthly basis until a written dismissal was issued.
Accordingly, she is owed Tk79 lakh in unpaid wages from October 2018 to September 2024.
When she sent a legal notice through her lawyer for the unpaid dues, the accused did not respond. Instead, they threatened her and demanded Tk50 crore in extortion.
In her complaint, Brownia also alleged that all of the accused are involved in Awami League politics.