Five people, including leaders of student groups, were arrested today on charges of extortion after they allegedly went to the Gulshan residence of former reserved seat lawmaker Shammi Ahmed in the capital and demanded Tk 50 lakh.
They were detained from a flat on Road 83 in Gulshan this evening, Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Hafizur Rahman confirmed to media.
“Identifying them as members of Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad and Students Against Discrimination, the five went to Shammi Ahmed’s residence and demanded Tk 50 lakh. As she was not home at the time, they made the demand to her husband,” said the OC
