Former MP of Bashkhali threatened the current president of the press club.
No one knows where the power lies, no one cares about the former Bashkhali MP Mostafizur Rahman. He is currently serving as a president of Bashkhali sub-district Awami League.
According to a case recently filed in the court, it is known that this former MP threatened the president of Bashkhali Press Club, journalist Shafkat Hossain Chatgami.
Advocate Musharraf Hussain Khan, the Complainant lawyer, told The Daily Morning Glory—The defendant violated the law by verbally abusing the journalist from a phone number and threatening to kill him by breaking his bones. Because of which the plaintiff is sued.
The Complainant in the case, Shafkat Hossain Chatgami, the president of Banshkhali Press Club, had been working in various national newspapers with glory of his name. This journalist gained popularity due to his innovative writings and earned the trust and popularity of the people. He was elected in the last parliamentary election to speed up the service activities for the country. Due to the fair election, the current Bashkhali MP CIP Mujibur Rahman won with a large number of votes, the former MP Mostafizur Rahman did not win even he last two terms MP with Boat symbol. Another reason why he lost the election was because the EC disqualified him. When the voting was over half an hour was left. when Unable to win, he appealed against this vote in His Highness High Court and also asked journalist Shafqat Hossain Chatgami to add with him but Chatgami did not add with him. Since then, Mustafizur Rahman has been hostile.
After the results of the election, journalist Safqat Hossain joined the work of his own workplace journalism.
Recently, Awami League leaders and activists in a meeting accused former MP Mostafizur Rahman of extortion around of a govt building, which news was broadcast live and circulated in various media. In this regard, journalist Shafkat Hossain chatgami published it in his current working newspaper “Daily Chittagram Manch”. Mostafizur Rahman make a call journalist Shafkat Hossain Chatgami’s personal phone number from one of his mobile numbers at the time of evening last sunday 30june and threatened to kill him and break his bones for the fact of published news. Journalist Shafkat Hossain Chatgami expressed his opinion that he can do anything at any time.
To know the truth of the incident, former MP Mostafizur Rahman was called several times on his cell phone, but the phone was switched off.
Meanwhile, journalist leader Sohag Arefin told Morning Glory that such threats to journalists are not desirable in any way, thus threatening a journalist is a threat to the entire journalist community.
Advocate Musharraf Hossain Khan said the court has directed the OC of Bashkhali to investigate the case.
It should be noted that former MP Mostafizur Rahman has also previously publicly raised his hands on a TV journalist in front of the district administrator’s office. To add further — he threatened to cut off the hands of the administrative officer Bashkhali’s OC which was revealed on various social media.
He also popular for showdown with arms in his hand.