Extortion Case
Tangail court rejects Pintu's bail prayer
Former Deputy Minister and vice-chairman of BNP Abdus Salam Pintu being taken to court yesterday.Photo: STAR
Former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, one of the accused in August 21 grenade attack case, was produced in a Tangail court yesterday in an extortion case filed against him with Bhuapur Police Station in October this year. Judicial Magistrate Jannatul Ferdous Ibne Haque rejected Pintu's bail prayer and fixed February 11, 2013 for hearing of the case. Awami League worker Zahidul Islam Bhuiyan Lebu lodged the case against Pintu, also vice president of BNP, and 10 others on October 13. In the case statement, the complainant said the 10 other accused at the instruction of Abdus Salam Pintu stormed into his house on October 1, 2001 and demanded Tk 3 lakh from his wife Flora Begum. As she refused to oblige, the accused vandalised the house and took away money and other valuables, the complainant stated. Pintu was brought to Tangail from Dhaka Central Jail in a prison van on Monday night. Of the remaining 10 accused, eight were earlier granted bail by the High Court and two are now staying abroad, police sources said. Anisul Islam Bangabasi, lawyer for Pintu, said the case was filed to harass his client. BNP men gathered on the court premises in the morning and chanted slogans demanding withdrawal of the case.
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