Former Jubo Dal leader sued over extortion demand at hospital in Dhaka’s Shyamoli

Authorities of the Center for Kidney Diseases (CKD) and Urology Hospital in the capital’s Shyamoli have filed a case against former Jubo Dal leader Moin Uddin over alleged extortion demands.

The case was filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station on Saturday night (11 April) by the hospital’s operation theatre in-charge, Md Abu Hanif, naming Moin as the prime accused along with seven to eight unidentified individuals.

Confirming the matter on Sunday afternoon, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional Deputy Commissioner (Sher-e-Bangla Nagar zone) Akkas Ali said police are working to arrest those involved.

According to the case statement, Moin and his associates had been demanding Tk5 lakh from the complainant for a prolonged period. When the complainant expressed inability to pay, the accused allegedly issued repeated threats and intimidation.

As part of the alleged intimidation, on the morning of 10 April, the accused reportedly went to the complainant’s residence on Road No. 3 in Shyamoli and demanded that his wife immediately hand over the Tk5 lakh.

When she refused, the accused allegedly threatened to harm both her and her husband and behaved aggressively.

Fearing escalation, the complainant, who was in another room at the time, called his younger brother, Md Monir Talukdar, from the hospital to come to the residence.

After Monir arrived, Moin and the unidentified individuals allegedly misrepresented the incident and began gathering more people. At one stage, they reportedly assembled around 50 to 60 people and attempted to create unrest in front of the hospital.

The case states that the group gathered outside the hospital, behaved disorderly, shouted slogans, used abusive language, and attempted to destabilise the environment.

They also allegedly chanted threatening slogans targeting hospital owner Md Kamrul Islam and tried to create chaos in front of the medical facility’s emergency department.

The case statement notes that the incident risked disrupting the hospital’s normal operations and creating panic among patients and staff.