Tea vendor files case against 4 cops, Ansar member

A local tea vendor today filed a case against four members of law enforcement agencies for allegedly vandalising her tea stall as she refused to pay “extortion money”.

Maksuda, 47, owner of the tea stall located in Baridhara (J block) area,filed the case with Metropolitan Magistrate court against a sub-inspector and two constables of Bhatara Police Station, and an Ansar member.

Two of the accused were identified as SI Hasan Masud and constable Jakir while identities of two others could not be known immediately.

According to the case statement,the SI along with the three others asked for Tk 10,000 as extortion money on May 30. As she refused to give the money, they vandalised her shop, it said.

Contacted, Hasan Masud said that he is informed about the matter and mentioned that Maksuda is lying.

"We told her to remove her tea stall from there as it was getting in the way of people. As she didn’t not take initiative, we had to remove her shop from there", he said.