Extortionists injure five of a family
Five of a family were injured as a gang of criminals stormed into their house and beat them up for not giving illegal toll at Bazitpur village in Keshobpur on Monday night.
The injured were identified as Jahangir Sardar, 49, his wife Abeda Begum, 42, their two sons Akram Hossain, 30, and Zakir Hossain, 16, daughter-in-law Jasmine, 25. Their neighbour Bhanu Bibi, 25, was also injured by the attackers.
All the injured were admitted to Jessore Sadar Hospital.
Police, quoting Abeda Begum said Shahidul, a local criminal used to sexually harass her for long.
A few days ago, he made an indecent proposal.
As she refused, Shahidul demanded a big sum of money from her family as toll which they declined to pay.
At this, the criminal along with his 6/7 accomplices, equipped with lethal weapons stormed into their house at night. They vandalised two rooms, looted cash Tk 15,000 and gold ornaments worth Tk 40,000.
Abeda alleged that the extortionists earlier threw her four-year-old-daughter into a ditch beside their home and sexually harassed Abeda.
A case was filed.
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