Harkatul demands Tk 20 lakh each from 11
Our Correspondent, Bogra
The religious extremist group Harkatul Jihad has sent letters to as many as 11 recipients, including teachers, physicians and politicians, demanding they each pay Tk 20 lakh or else they will face death.One police official of Naogaon has acknowledged the incident, saying one Hamidul Huq, an activist of the Communist Party, has lodged a diary with police in this connection. The police official said the sender of the letters is Abdullah Ibne Jahed, self-proclaimed second-in-command of the banned political organisation Harkatul Jihad. The letters, which were printed with red ink on the organisation's letterhead and contained a picture of a mosque and sword, advised the recipients to ready the sum when demanded. The letter warned against disobeying the order or speaking out against Al Qaida, saying the consequences would be like those suffered by Prof. Yunus of Rajshahi University. Prof. Yunus was brutally killed by unknown miscreants. Amullya Chandra, Sadhu-chzaran, Ajit Master, Prof. Mimol, Dr. Pulok, among others, received such threat letters.
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