Jubo Dal Convener Arrested for Extorting Tk 1 Million and Abusing Expatriate’s Wife at Gunpoint

❐ District Representative

Police have arrested an armed youth leader in Maijdi, Noakhali, on charges of holding a gun to a Dubai expatriate woman, demanding a ransom of Tk 1 million, extorting cash, and intimidating her into signing a blank stamp.

At that time, a foreign pistol, a magazine filled with five rounds of bullets, 40 pieces of Yaba, 27,000 taka in cash, two mobile phones and two motorcycles used in the incident were seized from him.

He was arrested in a raid at Haque Mansion in Ward No. 1 of Noakhali Municipality on Tuesday night, August 4. At that time, the other three Jubo Dal activists who were with him fled.

The arrested Anwar Hossain Titu (31) is the joint convener of the Chhayani Union Jubo Dal in Begumganj Upazila and the son of Nur Alam, a resident of Khamar Bari in Jahanabad village, Ward No. 9 of the union.

There are seven cases against him at Begumganj Police Station, including weapons, explosives, drugs, theft and injuries.

Police said that after receiving information about the extortion, a team led by Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Md. Liaquat Akbar surrounded the Haque Mansion around 4:30 pm. At that time, Titu was arrested in a suspicious manner on the stairs of the building and a search was conducted and a foreign pistol, a magazine loaded with bullets, Yaba and cash were recovered from him.

Later, when they took him to a four-story house, the victim Naima Akhter and her family members told the police that the arrested person, along with two other accomplices, had entered the house about an hour ago and demanded a ransom of Tk 1 million at gunpoint. At that time, the family members were forcibly asked to sign a blank stamp under threat of death and took Tk 27,000 from the house.

The other two accused fled after sensing the presence of the police. Two motorcycles used by the accused have also been seized from the spot.

Sudharam Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nazrul Islam confirmed the matter and said that a case under relevant laws including arms, drugs and extortion is under process against the person arrested in this incident, and efforts are underway to arrest the two absconding accused.