This time Benapole Port Authority's case against journalist Sumon

This time Benapole Port Authority's case against journalist Sumon

Benapole Correspondent, Jessore:
Benapole Correspondent, Jessore:

Published: 10:57 12 September 2024

The Benapole Port Authority has filed a case against a person named Suman Hossain (35) on the charges of forcibly entering the Benapole port and taking out the goods of the luggage party by evading customs duties and demanding extortion and obstructing the development of the port. The case was registered at the Benapole Port Police Station on Wednesday.

Earlier, Suman Hossain filed a case against Rezaul Karim, the former Director (Traffic) of Benapole Land Port and Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, Chairman of Bangladesh Land Port Authority, on charges of extortion and death threats in Jessore's Benapole Port Amli court on Tuesday.

Benapole Port Assistant Director (Administration) Shahida Sharmin filed the case against Sumon at Benapole Port Police Station on Wednesday. He said that the complaint was given on September 2. Finally, after the investigation, it was taken as a case on September 11.

Suman Hossain son of Tahajjat ​​Hossain of Benapole village and Benapole correspondent of local daily Nawapara.

It has been mentioned in the statement of the Benapole port authority case that Suman has been collecting money from the passport brokers and various shade inarchies of the port for a long time in the Benapole port area by pretending to be a journalist. By harassing various government officials and employees of the Customs House and threatening them in various ways, he snatched a large amount of money. There are constant complaints of extorting 2-3 thousand rupees by forcing passport holders to cross the port to India without the permission of the authorities.

Suman Hossain denied the allegation and said, "They filed a case against me because I published a report on the irregularities and corruption of the port." However, this case has been filed against me by bringing forward the incident of encirclement of the chairman of the land port.

Deputy director of the port. Rashedur Sajib Nazir said that Suman had been brokering passports for a long time using the identity of Matrchaya and Nawapara newspapers. He was earning huge amount of money through luggage party. The Ansar members informed the then director of the port, Rezaul Karim. Later, the director banned the unauthorized entry of Sumon into the KPI area inside the port. After that, he got angry and defamed the officials by publishing various false, fabricated and obscene comments against Rezaul Karim and port chairman Zillur Rahman on Facebook and online. The truth of these incidents can be found in the CCTV cameras of various security agencies including ports and customs.

The former director of the port, Rezaul Karim, said that on August 23, the chairman of Bangladesh land port. When Zillur Rahman came to visit the port of Benapole, Suman surrounded and detained him in the guest house of the port. Regulation (13) of Land Ports Operation and Management Regulations, 2007 defines land ports as protected areas.

Regarding the case against them, Rezaul Karim said, "After learning about the complaint filed against Suman, he made this case as a counter to the matter."

Extortion demands and death threats: Case against Port Authority chairman and director Extortion demands and death threats: Case against Port Authority chairman and director
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Benapole Port Police Station Suman Bhakta said that the Benapole Port Authority filed a complaint against a person named Sumon in the police station on September 2. The complaint was investigated and taken up as a case on Wednesday afternoon.

Chairman of Bangladesh Land Port Authority Zillur Rahman told reporters, 'Suman has been threatening the officials and employees working at Benapole port and entering inside the port for extortion. When my officers stopped him, he made defamatory comments on Facebook and online against various port officials including me.

Meanwhile, in Suman Hossain's case, five more unidentified people have been accused. The Judge of Benapole Port Amli Court in Jessore took cognizance of the complaint and ordered the CID to investigate and submit a report.

Suman complained that he is a journalist by profession. Visit Benapole land port terminal construction project work. He went there and recorded a video of the welding work. Then he sent the video to Benapole Land Port Authority Chairman Zillur Rahman Chowdhury's WhatsApp number and asked for his statement on the matter along with remedying the irregularities. But he forbade the publication of the news and asked to meet at Benapole land port rest house. On the afternoon of August 23, he went to the Benapole land port rest house. They saw Rezaul Karim and Zillur Rahman Chowdhury there. He was denied when he wanted to report on the irregularities in the construction of the terminal. The defendants threatened to implicate him in a false case as he was adamant about publishing the news. If you want to file a case at the police station, it is advised to resort to the court. So he filed a case in court.

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