The vice-president of Chhatra League’s Sylhet district unit has been accused of threatening and demanding money from the caretaker of a house owned by an expatriate.
Harunur Rashid, who takes care of the east Shaplabagh house of his relative Yasin Ali, an expat in America, told a press briefing at Sylhet Press Club yesterday that Chhatra League leader Hossain Ahmed Chowdhury and three others rented a flat in April for Tk9,000, identifying themselves as students.
“Hossain and the other three – Sakib Al Hasan, Jamil Ahmed and Md Solaiman Hossain – were repeatedly asked to pay the upfront rent and also the rents for the month of April and May but they did not comply. They also demanded Tk2 lakh from me, and threatened that they would not move out unless the money was given,” he said.
The caretaker informed some local influentials of the matter and the four agreed to move out on June 1. But they did not do so and kept threatening Rashid.
“Early on August 11, Hossain and some of his associates took some relatives of the house owner, including me, hostage and demanded Tk2 lakh. They also threatened to kill us,” said Rashid.
Police detained Jamil Ahmed, one of the renters, and sent him to court on Tuesday after Rashid filed a case with Shahparan police station on the same day.
