Death threat to JP man

31 October 2009, 17:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

Khulna city president of Jatiya Party (Ershad) and ex-lawmaker Abdul Gaffar Biswas allegedly received death threats twice on Wednesday evening from extremists over cell phone. They threatened him as he refused to pay Tk 1,50,000 illegal toll as demanded by the callers. Biswas said, the callers identified themselves as armed cadres of Janajuddho faction of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP). The JP leader filed a general diary (GD) with Khalishpur police station in this connection at 10 pm on the same day seeking security of his life. According to the GD, the callers who gave him death threats demanded the money for medical treatment and bail expenses of their cadres.