5 extortionists arrested

A Correspondent, Bogra
A mobile court fined five extortionists Tk 1000 each in the district town on Sunday night. The convicts are Abdul Bari, 27, son of Shahadat Ali of Nishidhatra Chaporpara, Phool Mia, 28, son of Abdus Samad of Kursha Uttarpara, Shahin, 26, son of Majed Ali of Karbala Nishindhara, Alam, 35, son of Abdul Jalil of Akash Tara and Lal Mia, 30, son of Fazlu Mia of Sabgram of the town. The law enforcers arrested the five while they were collecting money from trucks at Sabgram bypass in the town. The arrestees were produced before the court led by Executive Magistrate Md Anwar Hossain who pronounced the verdict, said police.