Extortion at Shyamoli hospital: Ex-Jubo Dal leader Moin among 7 sent to jail
Earlier, on 13 April, the court granted a four-day remand for four associates of Moin, and on 14 April, a three-day remand for Moin and two others.
A Dhaka court has sent seven people, including Moin Uddin, a former Jubo Dal leader, to jail after completion of their remand in a case filed over allegations of demanding Tk5 lakh in extortion from the Center for Kidney Diseases (CKD) and Urology Hospital in the capital's Shyamoli.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam passed the order after a hearing today (17 April), Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Prosecution Division confirmed.
The other accused sent to jail are Faruk Hossain Suman, Md Liton Mia, Md Falan Mia, Md Rubel, Swapan Kazi, and Md Shaon Hossain.
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SI Rafiqul said defence lawyers sought bail during the hearing, while the state opposed the bail petitions. After the hearing, the court rejected the bail plea and ordered that the accused be sent to jail.
Earlier, on 13 April, the court granted a four-day remand for four associates of Moin, and on 14 April, a three-day remand for Moin and two others.
According to the case statement, Moin and his associates had been demanding Tk5 lakh from the complainant for a prolonged period. When the complainant expressed inability to pay, the accused allegedly issued repeated threats and intimidation.
As part of the alleged intimidation, on the morning of 10 April, the accused reportedly went to the complainant's residence on Road No 3 in Shyamoli and demanded that his wife immediately hand over the Tk5 lakh.
When she refused, the accused allegedly threatened to harm both her and her husband and behaved aggressively.
Fearing escalation, the complainant, who was in another room at the time, called his younger brother, Md Monir Talukdar, from the hospital to come to the residence.
After Monir arrived, Moin and the unidentified individuals allegedly misrepresented the incident and began gathering more people. At one stage, they reportedly assembled around 50 to 60 people and attempted to create unrest in front of the hospital.
The case states that the group gathered outside the hospital, behaved disorderly, shouted slogans, used abusive language, and attempted to destabilise the environment.
They also allegedly chanted threatening slogans targeting hospital owner Md Kamrul Islam and tried to create chaos in front of the medical facility's emergency department.
Following this, the hospital's operation theatre in-charge Md Abu Hanif filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on 11 April, naming Moin as the prime accused.
