A BNP leader demands 1 lakh taka to remove his name from the case: Belal Hossain Soukhin, the Assistant Youth Secretary of the Badalgachhi Upazila BNP in Naogaon, is accused of demanding a bribe of 1 lakh taka from an Awami League representative in order to have his name erased from a list of accused in a case.
A BNP leader demands. He allegedly sought this money from Shamsul Alam Khan, the previous chairman of the upazila council and treasurer of the upazila Awami League. A 1 minute and 30 second audio clip of the conversation in which the money was asked has been shared on social media.
Earlier, on Tuesday (November 5) at around 7:30 p.m., a cocktail explosion happened in the Gobarchapa upazila. Later that night, Belal Hossain reported the incident to Badalgachhi Police Station under the Explosive Substances Act.
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The accused in the case include former upazila council chairman Shamsul Alam Khan, joint secretary of the upazila Awami League Abdus Salam, chairman of Mathurapur Union Parishad Masud Rana, chairman of Mithapur Union Parishad Firoz Hossain, chairman of Badalgachhi Sadar Union Parishad Anwar Hossain, chairman of Kola Union Parishad Shahinur Islam, and 40 others. Additionally, 120 anonymous individuals have been named as accused. Police have arrested three people in connection with the incident.
Last night, at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, an audio recording of a discussion between Belal Hossain and Shamsul Alam was posted by two Facebook accounts titled Suman Hossain and Nayon Hossain.
In the chat that propagated on social media, the following exchange is heard:
Soukhin: Hello, Assalamualaikum. Brother, my name is Soukhin, and I am from Changlar.
Shamsul: Yes, brother. I’m fine.
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Soukhin: Do you recognize me?
Shamsul: Yes, I can, brother.
Soukhin: You paid 2 lakh taka to the mankak (BNP leader Manik), correct?
Shamsul: “No, no, no, brother.”
Soukhin: Can Manka save you?
Shamsul: Life and death are now in Allah’s hands.
Soukhin: It’s in Allah’s hands, that’s true; but Allah has written your fate in my hands. Can you contact Manka to save yourself? What are we… failing here? It’s not working out. I have all payment methods like bKash, Nagad, etc., on this number. You send 1 lakh taka here, and then you’ll give the money to Manka. We are the ones who decide. The money has to be paid.
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In this regard, Shamsul Alam said, “On Wednesday around 11 AM, I had gone to the court in Naogaon for some work. At that time, I received a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as Changlar Soukhin and demanded money from me. I’ve heard that similar calls are being made to others accused in the case, demanding money.”
Regarding the allegations, BNP leader Belal Hossain Soukhin said, “I never spoke to Chairman Shamsul. What is being spread is completely fake. I am the plaintiff in the case. Someone is editing the conversation on a computer and spreading it on Facebook to frame me.”
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