Extortion case against Ilyas Ali goes to DB
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
The extortion case filed against former BNP lawmaker Ilyas Ali and two others has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) for investigation. The other accused in the case are vice-president of the BNP Biswanath upazila unit Siraj Khan and assistant general secretary Abul Hossain. Immediately after filing of the case, police arrested Siraj Khan at his house at village Dashghar at midnight on April 27. On the following day, he was produced before a magistrate's court that sent him to jail hajat. Asab Uddin, a close associate of Awami League (AL) leader and former upazila Chairman Muhibur Rahman, filed the case with Biswanath Police Station on the night of April 27. The complainant, Asab Uddin, was a candidate for the post of chairman in Daulatpur Union Parishad election scheduled for February 25, 2003. In the case, Asab alleged that Ilyas Ali, who was also the former convenor of Sylhet district BNP, called him to his (Ilyas) village home on January 31, 2003 and demanded Tk 20 lakh, otherwise, he would not be allowed to contest the polls. Asab further stated that Siraj Khan and Abul Hossain later took Tk 5 lakh from him on behalf of the former lawmaker.
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