Sylhet BNP leader sent to jail
Osman Faces several criminal cases
Former vice-president of Sylhet city BNP Osman Ali was sent to jail hajat Thursday.
He faces several criminal cases and three for fraudulence.
Police picked him up from his house at the city's Akhalia Nehariopara on Thursday.
Locals and police said, Osman had captured the post of Motwalli (caretaker) of the Akhalia Nababi mosque long ago and retained it illegally. Taking the advantage of the position and political blessings, the man made an agreement (baina) with a buyer to sell some lands of the mosque for only Tk 4 crore against its market value of about Tk 25 crore. There are cases over the matter between Osman and locals.
Of Tk 4 crore, Osman grabbed Tk 1.6 crore by not depositing the money with the mosque fund, locals alleged. A case in this regard was filed on June 11 last year. Police caught him in that case Thursday.
As Osman was produced before court Thursday afternoon, he was granted bail but as there was another case, he was sent to jail hajat. CID is also investigating another case against Osman.
On the other hand, Osman built a three-storied building on a plot of 156 decimal land of Roads & Highways department years ago. Rab and joint forces recovered that structure from his possession last year.
A former Rajakar and Peace Committee member during Liberation War, Osman Miah joined BNP and left it to join Jatiya Party. He again returned to BNP.
Locals allege that they could not make any effective protest against his land grabbing and other crimes due to his strong political connections for decades.
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