A BNP leader from Narayanganj's Sonargaon has been accused of threatening to shoot a Saudi Arabia-based expatriate for not paying an alleged extortion demand.

On Sunday, the victim, Sohrab Hossain, filed a complaint at Sonargaon Police Station, alleging that Shahjahan Bhuiyan, president of the local BNP unit (Ward 4, Sadipur Union), demanded Tk 500,000. The complaint states that Bhuiyan pointed a gun at Hossain, threatened to kill him, and physically assaulted Hossain’s wife.