Source : The Daily Star
Snippets: Two extortionists held
Police arrested two extortionists at Housepur Bazar in Alamdanga upazila on Monday. The arrestees are Momin, 30, son of Amin Uddin, and Dinaj, 28, son of Golam Rahman of Majhila village in Kushtia. Police and local people said Momin and Dinaj, identifying themselves as activists of an extremist group, demanded Tk 7 lakh as toll from trader Sirajul Islam of the bazar over cellphone. Sirajul told the extortionists to come to the market on Sunday to take Tk 5 lakh. When the two came to the market at around 1:00pm, locals caught them red handed and beat them up. They later handed over the extortionists to the police.
