Member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Natural Resources and Power-Port Prof Anu Mohammad received a death threat through a mobile phone message.
According to his Facebook status, he received the death threat at 1:00 am Thursday from an unknown mobile phone number. Receiving the death threat, he wrote on his Facebook page, “I received a message from 01629967551 which said,”Death keeps no calendar, and Ansatullah knows no time!”
Ruhin Hossain Prince, a leader of the National Committee, said Prof Anu Mohammad will lodge a complaint with police soon in this regard. Anu Mohammad in his Facebook status further said, “Who has given the threat, the government can say better. They are supposed to say better.” He said, “I think those who make barrier to create question, may have done this job”.
Anu Mohammad, a professor of economics of Jahangirnagar University, said there is obstacle in the society in raising any question. A portion of the society doesn’t like to see that anybody should raise question on different issues. “Those who don’t like criticism of their works want to create a scary situation. They may have a link with this incident (threat),” he said.
Prof Anu Mohammad has been leading the National Committee on different issues, including open-cut coal mining, export of gas. But the committee’s recent movement against setting up of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans has received more focus in the national and international arena.
