Rajshahi University Chhatra Dal leader alleges abduction threat by caller posing as police
A Chhatra Dal leader at Rajshahi University has alleged that a caller identifying himself as a member of Rajpara police station threatened over the phone to pick him up from his hall and stop his studies at the university. The student has filed a written complaint with the university administration seeking his own safety.
The complainant is Md Nahid Hasan Nayon, a student of the 2021-22 session at the Institute of Education and Research (IER) and a resident of Shaheed Habibur Rahman Hall. He is also senior vice-president of the hall branch of Chhatra Dal.
In his written complaint, Nahid said that at around 8:00 pm on 13 November a call came to his mobile from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as a member of Rajpara police station, abused him in foul language, and threatened to pick him up from the Rajshahi University campus and to make sure he could no longer study at the university.
The complaint further says Nahid later learned the caller was named Mustakim and was a prison guard by profession. He said in the application that he feared for his safety after a government employee used a police identity to threaten him in this way, and that he believed he was being intimidated deliberately because of his political and social activities.
To verify the allegation, a reporter collected the call record from Nahid. After matching the number in the complaint with the call record, the number was called, and a person identifying himself as Mustakim spoke from the other end.
Asked about the allegation, he first said, 'Just tell Jibon Bhai, the office secretary of the branch Chhatra Dal, my name. Then you will know everything.' Asked again, he said he had wanted to meet Nahid to talk about a matter involving a girl.
Told that a written complaint had been filed with the proctor's office, he said he would also file a general diary at the police station and a complaint with the proctor's office against Nahid, adding that Nahid had allegedly threatened to take his sister away from school.
Asked about impersonating police, he said Nahid had misheard, that there may have been a network problem because of a concert the previous day, and that he was an ordinary member of the public.
In his own statement, Nahid Hasan Nayon said he had long been in a relationship with a girl from Rajshahi College, that her family did not want the relationship to continue, and that hired men may have been used to threaten him. He said the girl had told him the man was not a member of her family.
University Proctor Professor Dr Mahbubur Rahman said, 'Yes, I have received the complaint. Work to verify its truth is under way.'
