A journalist in Chattogram has reported receiving a death threat after refusing to pay Tk 5 million in extortion money. According to the report, the threat was issued via WhatsApp on Saturday afternoon by Mobarak Hossain, also known as Imon, an associate of fugitive criminal Sajjad Ali alias Boro Sajjad. The victim, journalist Biplob Dey Partha of Bangla TV’s Chattogram office and acting general secretary of the Janmashtami Celebration Council’s central committee, filed a general diary with Kotwali Police Station following the incident.

Biplob Dey Partha stated that the call came from a foreign WhatsApp number, demanding Tk 5 million and threatening to shoot him within 24 hours if he refused. An audio message containing the threat was also sent. After the news broke, Mobarak Hossain denied the extortion allegation on social media, claiming the audio was fabricated from edited conversations and that he had a good personal relationship with the journalist.

Kotwali Police Station’s officer-in-charge Aftab Uddin confirmed that a general diary has been recorded and an investigation is underway, with efforts continuing to arrest Mobarak Hossain.