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Assaulted, then sued

Pabna journo implicated in extortion case

Our Correspondent, Pabna
An extortion case was filed against the journalist from Bera upazila in Pabna who was assaulted on Monday by a nephew of State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku.
Although the police records show that the case was filed on Monday, police revealed the case only yesterday following an apparently failed bid by the state minister to reach an agreement concerning the issue of the beating.
T\iku's nephew Aminul Haque on Monday beat up Abdullah Al Mamun, zonal correspondent of Daily Kaier Kontho, for publishing a report on the alleged corruption by the relatives ofTUku.
A case was filed in this connection against six people includingAminul.
Md Helal Uddin, father of Firoz, one of the six accused in the assault case, filed the extortion case against Mamun and two others.
In the case statement, Helal claimed that the three accused demanded Tk 50,000 extortion from him and that the journalist was
beaten up by angry locals because of the extortion.
Officer-in-Charge of Bera Police Station Md Abdul Hai Sarkar said that Helal filed the case hours after filing of the assault case.
Meanwhile, on Monday night, Shamsul Haque Tuku arranged a meeting at his residence with local elites to resolve the matter.
“The journalist is a resident of my village. He was victimised over village related issues. When I came to learn about the matter I called the elderly persons of the village and asked them to solve the matter. I expect the village elite would take steps to solve it,” the state minister said.
When asked about the extortion case, he said everyone has the right to ask for
legal protection.
“The minister engaged village elite to solve the matter through the village arbitration," the OC said adding that because of this reason they are not conducting any drives to arrest those accused in the two cases.
On the other hand, journalists of Bera upazila in Pabna brought out a procession yesterday morning demanding arrest of those who attacked Mamun and also withdrawal of the extortion case.
The other two accused in the extortion case are Sarkar Arifur Rahman Arab, president of Bera Upazila Reporters' Unity, and Mamun's nephew Md Shiplu.