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Kidnapping Rajshahi Trader BCL leader freed amid protest

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Bagha police released a leader of Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League following street protests by his fellows in Charghat upazila early yesterday, only hours after he and five others were arrested for kidnapping a trader.
Ekramul Haque, 38, president of BCL's Charghat upazila unit, was released around 12:00am on bail as per law on medical grounds, said Ali Ahmed Hashmi, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station.
“Ekramul felt serious pain in the chest soon after Rab handed him over to police. Later, doctors suggested him bed-rest for seven days,” the OC said mentioning that Ekramul was accused in the abduction case.
The five others including Bulbul Ahmed, 29, a ward councilor of Charghat municipality, were sent to court implicating them in the abduction case. The court sent them to jail.
The four others were Bulbul's brother Titon Hossain, 19, and BCL activists Motiur Rahman, 21, Jahangir Alam, 28, and Masud Rana, 22.
According to Rab and the victim's family, the arrestees asked mango trader Hasan Ali of Binodhpur area in Rajshahi City over phone to come to Bagha in a business purpose on Tuesday afternoon. They kidnapped and confined him at the house of one Sirajul Islam at Meramatpur village in Charghat. The accused then demanded Tk 2 lakh as ransom from his family.
Father of the victim Islam Mondol submitted a complaint with Rab-5. The elite force members arrested the six from Meramatpur village around 4:00pm on Wednesday when they went there to collect the ransom money, said Rab officials.
Rab members also rescued Hasan following statement of the arrestees.
Protesting the arrest of Ekramul, BCL leaders, activists and Awami League men barricaded Rajshahi-Bagha road at Charghat around 8:00pm. They also damaged some vehicles when police used batons on them around 9:00pm.
Later, they declared an indefinite barricade programme demanding the release of Ekramul.
Anwar Hossain, president of Charghat upazila Awami League, claimed that local people got angry at the arrest as Ekramul was not involved in the kidnapping.
Contacted, Ekramul told this correspondent that he was on rest at home.
He and Bulbul went to the scene for leading arbitration over the matter, Ekramul claimed.
He, however, admitted that none of the victim's family was present during the negotiation.