No investigation has been done even after the filing of a general dairy
in connection with the New Age editor, Nurul Kabir, and his family being
threatened by unnamed caller in October 1.
None has so far been arrested in connection of the general diary filed
with the Uttara West police, the police said on Wednesday.
The caller, who introduced himself as wanted criminal Shahadat Hossain,
demanded money from the editor’s wife Fauzia Sultana and asked Nurul
Kabir to stop ‘talking tough’ in talk-shows.
‘The caller introduced himself as wanted criminal Shahdat, demanded Tk 1
lakh and threatened my wife that something bad could happen to my
school-going son if we refused to pay him the money,’ the complainant
said in the diary.
Nurul Kabir then took the phone when the caller warned him to stop ‘talking tough’ and hung up.
On Wednesday, subinspector Md Firoz Ahmed,
investigation officer of the general diary, told New Age they had sent a latter to the Detective Branch, seeking the call list.
‘But I am yet to get the list,’ he said. ‘The DB is not willing to provide the call list in connection with the general diary.’
‘I am, however, busy, otherwise, about the current situation…’ he added.
He failed to detail any meaningful progress in the case.
Following the threat, 50 academics, writers, rights activists, cultural
personalities and politicians issued a statement expressing concern at
the threat issued to the ‘outspoken political commentator’ Nurul Kabir.
The statement said, ‘This threat is a big blow to civic rights and the freedom of expression as laid out in the constitution.’
Demanding an immediate investigation of the matter, they urged the
government to bring the people who threatened Nurul Kabir and his family
to justice. (source)