A video allegedly showing Nizam Uddin, joint coordinator of the NCP’s Chattogram city unit, demanding Tk 500,000 in extortion has gone viral. The demand was reportedly linked to suppressing protests against Saif Powertec. The video, posted Sunday night from former city anti-discrimination leader Rahadul Islam’s Facebook ID, appears to show Nizam instructing a man named Aftab Hossain to pressure for another Tk 500,000 to distribute among protest leaders in exchange for halting demonstrations. Nizam has dismissed the allegations as a “planned conspiracy,” though similar accusations have surfaced against him before.