Members of Bangladeh Chhatra League allegedly kidnapped a male student in Satkhira on Sunday and tortured and harassed him by recording his nude video and demanded Tk 2 lakh as ransom.
The victim is Shoeb Aziz Tonmoy, 20, a university admission test examinee and son of Sheikh Azizur Rahman from Jatpur village in Tala sadar upazila.
Tonmoy’s father Azizur Rahman accused Syed Akib, 25, Organizational Secretary of Upazila BCL, Soumitra Chakraborty, 32, Organizational Secretary of Upazila Sramik League, and BCL members JR Sumon, 25, Joy, 24, and Nahid Hasan Utsho of being involved with the incident.
Azizur Rahman said around 1am, Nahid, who was an acquaintance of Tonmoy, asked him to come in front of Tala Government College over phone and as he went there the alleged BCL members took him inside a room in the college.
“They had beaten him, shaved his head, and recorded a video of him after removing his clothes. At one point they called my wife and asked for Tk 2 lakh as ransom, claiming they kidnapped Tonmoy. She could hear Tonmoy’s cry over the phone call,” said Tonmoy’s father.
Around evening Tonmoy was rescued from the college and was taken to Tala Hospital.
“As I went to lodge a complaint at Tala police station, one of the accused’s father called me and threatened me not to do it,” said Azizur Rahman.
Tonmoy’ s father suspects the accused wanted to snatch the new motorcycle he bought for Tonmoy.
Meanwhile, Abul Kalam, Officer-in-Charge of Tala police station said, “All the alleged accused remained absconding since the incident. The complaint was not recorded as the victim’s father did not submit a copy of his Voter ID card with it but I have no information that they were threatened.”
Tonmoy said, “All his kidnappers were BCL activists and the room they took him to what seemed like a torture cell in the Tala College student dormitory with belt, sticks and arms.”
However, Sheik Humayun Kabir, incumbent principal of Tala College said he has no idea about such an incident neither about BCL men having any torture cell inside the college.
Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq, President of Satkhria District BCL unit said, “If evidence of any BCL members being involved in the incident is found, organizational actions will be taken against them. But no one yet informed us about such an incident.”
Md Mostafizur Rahman, Superintendent of Satkhira police said the matter is under investigation none of the perpetrators will be spared.