Director Mizanur lands in jail

A Dhaka court has sent Rongdhanu Group director and former vice chairman of Rupganj upazilla Md Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case lodged for allegedly demanding Tk 50 million as extortion, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain passed the order on Friday as police produced the accused before the court after end of his two-day remand.

On September 17, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Mizanur from Jamuna Future Park area in the capital. Police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand. The court, after hearing both sides, placed Mizanur on a two-day remand.

One Mahbub Rahman Modhu filed the case with Khilkhet thana on April 30 against eight people for infiltrating into properties owned by East-West Property Development Limited and City Multi Agricultural Company on April 28.