‘I am a poor man’s son, I could not resist the temptation of money’: ‘Coordinator’ Riyad

First, they raided the house of former member of parliament (MP) Shammi Ahmed with the police. After failing to find her, the police left. But the men returned to the house shortly afterwards and threatened to have her husband arrested, branding him an ‘Awami League collaborator’. They demanded Tk 5 million in extortion money, of which the self-proclaimed ‘coordinators’ managed to collect Tk 1…