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Ctg College BCL Factional Clash Case

Businessman claims he was falsely accused

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A businessman in Chittagong claimed that he was wrongfully accused in a case filed over a clash between two rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra I-eague (BCL) for not paying extortion.
HM Sohrab Mostafa, the accused, owns several coaching centres and a transport agency in Chawkbazar area, said locals.
He said some youths demanded Tk 2 lakh as extortion in the name of BCL Chittagong College unit around seven months ago. But he did not comply.
"I was astonished to see my name in the local newspapers as the 11th accused. I was never involved with BCL and was not even present at the scene," said Sohrab while talking to this correspondent yesterday.
He also organised a press conference on Thursday to describe his harassment. Sohrab, however, was reluctant to mention the names of those who asked him for money, fearing further repercussion.
Subash Mallick Sabuj, a BCL leader, filed the case against 11 named and 10 to 15 unidentified persons on August 1 after four BCL activists and leaders were bullet-hit during a clash between two rival groups of BCL in Chittagong College while holding an anti-militancy rally before it on July 31. "I was sure about the first six accused. The rest were
given by other leaders," he said.
Several BCL leaders of his faction said Abu Mohammed Arif, a former vice president of Chittagong College BCL, included Sohrab'sname.
Contacted, Arif said, "I have confirmed the names based on eyewitness' account." He termed the claim of extortion false.
"Police will investigate the names of those accused," said Aziz Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar Police Station, adding, "No one will be harassed just because there name is mentioned."
Mentionable, Subash, is known as a follower of Chawkbazar area Jubo League leader Nur Mostafa Tinu and the rival faction is led by BCL Chittagong city unit general secretary Nurul Azim Rony.
The faction of Tinu yesterday issued a statement signed by one Muktar Hossain Razu, which said Sohrab is a criminal, a murder case accused and an arms trader. The statement also claimed he was a Shibir leader.
Contacted, OC Aziz Ahmed said they have information that Sohrab is a Shibir activist but he could not verify the other claims.
Contacted, Sohrab claimed that he was falsely accused in murder of a youth at his village home in Chakaria over a land dispute in 2015, which is being investigated and police is yet to give a charge sheet. He said the other allegations are false and fabricated.
Ekram Hossain, president of Chawkbazar ward Jubo League and member of Chittagong city unit Jubo League, said he knew Sohrab personally and termed him a good man. "He is merely a businessman who runs some coaching centres. I have heard that some youths were trying to extort money from him in the name of BCL," he said.
Meanwhile, the BCL faction known as the followers of Nurul Azim Rony yesterday afternoon filed a case accusing 14 named and 30 to 40 unnamed persons of the July 31 attack.