Dhaka, Sep 19 (V7N) – A case has been lodged against former army chief General (retd) Aziz Ahmed and his brothers, Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed Josef, along with three others, for allegedly attempting to extort Tk100 crore.

Salim Prodhan, the chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Security Printing and Papers, filed the case at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Magistrate Ali Haider.

The court recorded Salim's statement and instructed the CID to investigate and present a report.

Additional accused in the case include former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and former RAB-3 commander Shafi Ullah Bulbul.

As per the case details, on September 7 and 24, 2019, Shafi Ullah Bulbul and others allegedly demanded a Range Rover and Tk100 crore in extortion from Salim at his Gulshan residence.

Later, on September 30, Salim was reportedly forcibly removed from a plane while en route to Thailand, abducted, and taken to the RAB-1 office, where he claims he was tortured and threatened with death if he did not comply with their demands.

Salim further alleges that valuables worth Tk10 crore were taken from him during the incident.

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