A court in Bogura on Monday sent the former officer-in-charge (OC) of Shahjahanpur Police Station to jail in an extortion case filed by a BNP leader.

Judge Abuhena Siddiqui of Bogura Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-3 passed the order after a hearing in the afternoon.

Former OC Alamgir Hossain appeared before the court in connection with a case filed in 2016 on charges of extorting Tk 5 lakh from BNP leader Fazlul Haque Ujjal by threatening him with “crossfire”.

According to the case statement, the plaintiff, former district BNP associate training secretary and former joint convener of Shahjahanpur Tahan unit BNP Mohammad Fazlul Haque Ujjal, alleged that on February 24, 2016, then OC Alamgir Hossain chased and stopped his car, detained him and took him to the police station.

There, the OC allegedly demanded Tk 5 lakh, threatening to kill him in a “crossfire”, the statement said. Ujjal said he was forced to pay the money through his wife and a colleague. Despite this, he was later arrested and sent to court in an unknown case.

After a long delay, on February 25, 2025, Ujjal filed the extortion case with the court. The court assigned Mostafa Manjur, additional superintendent of police of Bogura Sadar Circle, to investigate the case. Following the investigation, he submitted a charge sheet to the court.

Court inspector Shahidul Islam said that when Alamgir Hossain appeared before the court following a summons, the judge ordered that he be sent to jail after the hearing. He was later taken to Bogura District Jail.

Plaintiff Fazlul Haque Ujjal said some police officers carried out repression and extortion against opposition leaders and activists by taking advantage of the political situation at that time.

“I want a fair trial for this injustice so that no one dares to abuse power in the future,” he said.