Staff Reporter :A member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) along with four people was held on charge of extortion in Sonargaon Police Station area of Narayanganj district on Saturday morning.The RAB man has been identified as Humayun Kabir, a constable of RAB-13. The others are: Mahbub Islam, 30, driver of a microbus used in the extortion; Hasanuzzaman, 24, brother of the microbus owner of Rangpur, and one Amzad, 31, and victim’s wife Shahida Akhter of Munshiganj district. Acting on a tip-off, a special squad of elite force RAB caught red-handed Humayun Kabir along with the four persons from Ashariar Char area while they were extracting toll from a village doctor (Kabiraj) named Mohammad Mohsin. They were later handed over to the Sonargaon Police Station. A case was lodged with the police station in this connection in this connection. Humayun Kabir, introducing himself as the constable of RAB- 11, along with his accomplices continued to extract money as toll from Mohsin. Deputy Commanding Officer of RAB-11 Lieutenant Commander Gulzar Hossain told journalists that Humayun has so far extorted Tk 3.5 lakh from Mohsin in the last five months.On Saturday, Humayun along with his four accomplices riding a microbus came to Narayanganj for collecting more Tk one lakh. Sources at the Rab-11 battalion said one Mohsin of Asariar char of Sonargaon upazila was implicated in a case filed by his wife Shilpy Akhter over a family feud last year. Constable Humayun Kabir contacted Mohsin saying that her wife lodged a complaint with RAB-11 battalion headquarters against him and he will be arrested in this connection, said Lt Commander Md Gulzar Hossain of RAB-11. As Mohsin wanted to settle the problem through negotiations, constable Humayun demanded huge money from him. Mohsin gave him around Tk 3.5 lakh to Humayun in phases, Md Gulzar Hossain added.Finally, Mohsin informed the RAB-11 about the matter when constable Humayun demanded more money from him although Mohsin’s wife withdrew the case.When constable Humayun and his four accomplices went to Asariar char from Rangpur around 11:00 am, an operational team of RAB-11 arrested them.
