Mufti Amir Hamza, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) parliamentary seat, has claimed that he has been receiving death threats from various sources. He made the statement on Sunday through a post on his personal Facebook account, saying he has been threatened since the previous day and that he is always prepared for death.

In recent days, an old video of Amir Hamza’s speech at a religious gathering has gone viral on social media. In that video, he was seen distorting the name of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s younger son, Arafat Rahman Koko, and comparing it to an animal’s name. The resurfaced clip sparked political tension, and the Kushtia district unit of the BNP publicly protested his remarks.

Following the backlash, Amir Hamza posted an apology on Facebook late Friday night, expressing regret over his earlier comments.