Chatra Dal Leader Beaten for Impersonating OC to Commit Abduction and Extortion

Local Correspondent

A Chatra Dal leader was beaten by locals after attempting abduction and extortion while impersonating a police officer in Dinajpur.

The incident involved Abdur Razzak, convenor of the Dinajpur Sadar upazila Chhatra Dal, who allegedly posed as the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station. He was caught by locals while harassing, abducting, and extorting a resident. The mob handed him over to Kotwali Police Station, where a case was filed against him.

The assault occurred on Thursday, January 9, at around 8 p.m. in Chakladar Pukurpar, a village in Sheikhpura Union of Dinajpur Sadar upazila. Following the incident, the Chhatra Dal expelled Razzak on Friday for violating organizational discipline.

The victim, Chaitu Barman, son of the late Nirbaya Barman of the village, filed a case against Razzak and his associates, accusing them of extortion, abduction, and issuing death threats.

According to local sources, Chaitu’s son, Iman Chandra Barman, married a woman from the same village and moved to Tangail. On January 7, Razzak and his associates allegedly arrived at Chaitu’s house in a white microbus around midnight, posing as police officers. They accused Chaitu of unspecified charges and forcibly took him into their vehicle, where they questioned him about his son’s whereabouts.

The group reportedly abducted Chaitu to Tangail, where they coerced him into revealing his son’s location. After bringing both father and son back to Dinajpur the next day, the suspects detained them at a house in Madhabpur Goailpara village. There, they physically assaulted them, issued threats, and demanded a ransom of Tk 1 lakh. Chaitu agreed to pay the amount to save his and his son’s lives, requesting a day to arrange the money.

On Thursday evening, Razzak summoned Chaitu and his son to Chakladar Pukurpar to collect the ransom. Suspicions among locals led them to intervene. When Razzak and his associates attempted to flee, the villagers caught and beat them before notifying the police through the 999 national emergency service.

Kotwali Police Station OC Matiur Rahman confirmed that Abdur Razzak and another individual named Apel were taken into custody following the incident. Cases have been filed against them.