The BNP has expelled its Siddhirganj Thana unit Overall Iqbal Hossain for beating up cybersecurity researcher Minhaj Aman, a bus driver, and vandalised a bus earlier this present day (13 December).
BNP Senior Secretary Overall confirmed the matter in a press assertion issued tonight.
Iqbal has been stripped of all of his posts, together with membership of the ranking together, constant with the press assertion.
In a Facebook post tonight, Minhaj thanked the BNP for the transfer. However, he clarified that he’s a researcher who writes in international files stores, not a journalist as is talked about within the BNP press assertion.
He also talked about Iqbal had called him and apologised over the incident.
“Iqbal called me over the phone and apologised at evening. I in actuality maintain forgiven him. But I will be capable to’t declare the relaxation relating to the injured bus driver and the proprietor of the bus,” he told The Business Fashioned.
The attack
At spherical 12:00pm this present day, Iqbal, together along with his followers, vandalised a bus and beat up its driver after the two had an argument.
The motive force, identified as Noyon, suffered accidents within the incident and modified into once treated at a local hospital.
Chatting with The Business Fashioned earlier on the day, Iqbal Hossain, who will more than doubtless be a damaged-down councillor of Ward-2 of Narayanganj Metropolis Company, admitted to the allegations.
“The motive force misbehaved. After I asked him to drive successfully, he told me, ‘Advance, you drive’. Then I told him that I would map shut care of his perspective when we reached the Signboard house. He then told me that many individuals impact such empty threats,” Iqbal told TBS over the phone.
“And did he [Noyon] apologise? I first belief of constructing him retain his ears and let him dart. But the overall public would not ticket that,” he added.
When Minhaj asked Iqbal and his supporters not to vandalise the bus, they attacked him too.
“The BNP chief modified into once mad at the bus driver over his behaviour. After they had been vandalising the bus at Sanarpar, I told them it modified into once not lawful. Listening to this, the BNP chief’s supporters grabbed me by the throat and beat me,” the researcher talked about earlier on the day.
Minhaz talked about when he talked to the BNP chief, Iqbal spoke back, “Procure without reference to that it is doubtless you’ll to me. Disclose the BNP high shriek that my establish is Iqbal, secretary of Siddhirganj BNP.”
In an obvious expose of boasting, Iqbal also gave his visiting card, which vital parts his political identity as a BNP chief and phone files, to driver Noyon before he left the house along with his followers.
Iqbal talked about his supporters beat up Minhaj “by mistake”.
In the intervening time, bus driver Noyon alleged he modified into once overwhelmed up and the bus modified into once vandalised because he talked to the BNP chief “in a loud mumble”.
Noyon talked about, “We had been coming from Gulistan after we faced heavy visitors congestion within the Saidabad house. A bike got here in front of the bus and I modified into once compelled to originate a laborious brake which jolted the passengers. At this level, the BNP chief talked about, ‘How are you using the bus?’ and we got into an argument over it. He threatened to beat me up.
“When the bus reached Sanarpar, 25-30 individuals vandalised the bus and beat me mercilessly. They hit me on the pinnacle. My head got decrease from shards of glass from damaged house windows. He let me dart after I apologised. I in actuality maintain informed the proprietor of the bus. I will originate without reference to they quiz me to.”
Reached for comment, Fateh Md Reza Ripon, one amongst the owners of the bus company and a Narayanganj metropolis BNP chief, talked about he modified into once not informed of the matter.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, nonetheless, one more proprietor of the corporate talked about, “We are going to form out the matter amongst ourselves.”
When contacted over the matter earlier on the day, Siddhirganj Police Region Officer-in-Charge Shahinur Alam talked about, “The matter has advance to our consideration through journalists and social media posts. We are going to provide the chance to map shut action if a grievance is filed.”
