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Gulzar, his brother Sekul and their family members of Purvatimirpur village of Ward No. 9 of Nabiganj Municipality of Habiganj are suffering from the torture of their families. As no one has the courage to protest due to fear, the level of torture and usury is increasing. On the night of October 2 (Monday), a 22-second video of a young man named Shafiq Mia being beaten and abused by a Facebook ID named (Ali BD) went viral on social media. Later on last Sunday (September 2), the victim of the attack, Shafiq Mia, the son of Motabbir Mia, filed a written complaint against Gulzar Mia, brother Sekul Mia and Gulzar Mia’s son Al Zamin Mia as defendants at the Nabiganj police station.

According to the complaint, about two years ago Shafiq Mia Sudkhor Gulzar, son of Motabbir Mia of Purwatimirpur, took 70 thousand rupees from Mia. After taking the money, he paid him about 5 lakhs in 2 years, but he continued to advertise that he got money from Shafiq Mia. Last Saturday (September 1), when Shafiq Mia was seen in the Purwatimirpur market, the said accused demanded money from him with domestic weapons including machetes and threatened to kill him if he did not pay and started abusing him in obscene language. At one point, he entered a shop in the market, beat him and threatened to kill him, forcibly wrote 2 lakhs on 2 stamps worth 100 taka. Later, the people around came forward and rescued Shafiq and took him to Nabiganj Upazila Health Complex for treatment. Later, when Shafiq Mia filed a complaint in the police station in the name of the accused, he started threatening him in various ways.

It is to be noted that on the night of October 2 (Monday) when a 22-second video of a young man named Shafiq Mia being beaten and abused by a Facebook ID named (Ali BD) went viral on social media, Sudkhor Gulzar’s brother Sirajul Islam asked to know who published the viral video. For threatening journalist Ali Hossain by identifying himself as another journalist’s brother and at that time Sirajul Islam also threatened to cut off the hands and feet of journalist Javed Iqbal Talukdar.

On inquiry, it is known that an innocent woman named Rekha Begum had complained of similar torture against Gulzar a few days ago. In addition, several victims of his torture confirmed this to this representative on the condition of not revealing their names out of fear. In this regard, the people of the area have requested the administration to take a good look.

Nabiganj Police Station (OC) Md. Dalim Ahmed said that the matter is sad, strict legal action will be taken if a complaint is received.