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Arrest warrant against BNP leader Milon

Saturday, 23 May 2015



A court in Chandpur has issued a warrant for arrest of BNP leader ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon in two cases.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Arunartha Chakrabarty issued the warrant on Thursday.
A former state minister for education, Milon faces arrest warrant in cases over extortion in 2007 and attempt to murder in 2008, his lawyer Moinul Islam told bdnews24.com.
The current one happens to be the fourth against Milon, he said.
One of the two cases, Abdullah Al Mamun filed against Milon is for allegedly demanding extortion money at gunpoint on June 1, 2007.
Awalad Sarker filed the other case, over an attempt to murder him at Kachua Upazila on January 1, 2008.
Chandpur Senior Judicial Magistrate, Mohammad Ataur Rahman issued an arrest warrant for Milon and his wife Nazmun Nahar Baby in a case over vandalising a car and snatching money from a vanity bag on March 12 this year.
Milon faced another warrant of arrest issued by Magistrate Shaila Sharmin in a case over theft, mugging and demanding extortion on January 27 this year.
The BNP leader has 31 cases against him in Chandpur. He was arrested on March 14, 2010 and freed after one and a half years in June, 2011.