Shoe sellers stage strike
Owners of shoe stores in Habiganj district town yesterday kept their shutters down from 6 in the morning to 12 noon to press for immediate release of their fellow businessman Ahmed Kabir Azad, who was implicated in an extortion case on Sunday last. Former president of Habiganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shahab Uddin Ahmed filed the extortion case against 10 people including Azad following a dispute over ownership of a pond. The accused appeared before the judicial magistrate court in Habiganj on Sunday and prayed for bail. The magistrate granted bail to nine while rejected Azad's paryer and sent him to the jail hajat.
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