From India, Sheikh Hasina called Barguna District Awami League General Secretary and Zilla Parishad Chairman Md. Jahangir to Kabir. The court granted him a two-day remand in an extortion case
Sunday morning. Jahangir Kabir was produced in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate under heavy police guard from Barguna Jail. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate after the hearing of both parties. Haroon or Rashid gave this order.
Besides, he was arrested in another extortion case on Sunday.
Md. Jahangir Kabir was arrested at 6:30 am on Wednesday from his own residence Amtala in Barguna by Dhaka police. He was sent to Barguna Jail that afternoon.
It is known that August 12 at 8:30 pm. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called Jahangir Kabir and spoke for three minutes. In a three-minute phone conversation, Sheikh Hasina told Jahangir Kabir that you will conduct party activities in accordance with discipline. 15 August National Day of Mourning will be duly observed.
Md. Jahangir Kabir said to Sheikh Hasina, “Apa aap ghabhare bene (don’t lose heart). We are weak when you are nervous. We are strong.
Sheikh Hasina said, why should I be nervous? I was not afraid. You see how our police forces are killed and hanged. Killed our workers. Killed wearing a burqa. This country became independent in exchange of blood. You stay the way you are.
Then a special police team from Dhaka came to Barguna on the morning of August 14. Jahangir arrested Kabir from his house. That day at noon, BNP leader Md. In an extortion case filed by Haroon Or Rashid Howlader, he was arrested and sent to jail through the court.
Plaintiff BNP leader Md. Haroon Or Rashid Howladar said, I had a business called Haroon Motors on Barguna Sadar Road. Md. Jahangir Kabir demanded a contribution of Tk 20 lakh from me on 25 January 2011. Don’t let me do business without subscription. He took over my shop for which I did not pay subscription. Since Awami League was in power for a long time, I could not file a case.
Md. Jahangir Kabir’s lawyer Mahbubul Bari Aslam said, Md. The charges of extortion leveled against Jahangir Kabir are not correct. He did transparent politics in Barguna city. He was always vocal against injustice. Md. After 13 years, Harun or Rashid Howladar was arrested in a fabricated case for defaming Jahangir Kabir. Apart from this, a 72-year-old man is suffering from heart and kidney disease. We petitioned the court to interrogate him in jail.
On the other hand, in the afternoon of August 15, General Secretary of Barguna District Awami League. Rabiul Islam Mamun, joint convener of Barguna Municipal Youth Dal, has filed a case against 6 Awami League leaders and workers including Jahangir Kabir in Barguna police station on charges of torture and extortion. The main accused in the case. Jahangir Kabir.
Other defendants in the case are Mizanur Rahman alias Dalal Mizu, former municipal councilor Golam Mostafa Kislu, General Secretary of Barguna Sadar Upazila Awami League Shah Mohammad Waliullah Ali, Golam Kibria Pintu and municipal councilor Md. Raisul Alam Ripon.
Plaintiff Rabiul Islam Mamun said that on January 4, 2016 at approximately 6:30 p.m. On the instructions of Jahangir Kabir, those accused forcibly caught me from the paved road on the east side of the lake bank of Ward 7 of Barguna Municipality. Jahangir took him to Kabir’s chamber. The accused beat me up. Jahangir Kabir demanded a contribution of 10 lakh rupees from my father. If you don’t pay, you will lose me. My father Jahangir Kabir released me when Rob Khan paid 6 lakhs.
Later, on January 16, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., I withdrew Tk 10,000 from the Barguna Agrani Bank branch. The second incident occurred in front of the Barguna Agrani Bank branch, adjacent to Ward No. 7 Animal Hospital Road of Barguna Municipality. When I was returning home, the other accused led by Mizanur Rahman Miju beat me up. Takes to the chamber.
Md. Jahangir Kabir with the help of other accused again demanded a contribution of 4 lakh rupees from me. As I could not pay, Jahangir Kabir, with the help of other accused, wrote 4 lakh rupees on a white stamp and forcibly took my signature. Later I was handed over to Barguna police station. Since Awami League was in power, I could not file a case until now.