Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Allegation of land grabbing and extortion has been raised against Atiqur Rahman Morshed, a councilor of Ward No. 17 of the Tangail Municipality and also a follower of Tangail-2 MP Tanvir Hasan.

The victim of the councilor's reported crimes, Moushumi Mahmuda,

made the claims during a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, on Sunday (October 2).

She said that Councilor Atiqur is a follower of Tangail 2 MP Tanvir Hasan and is currently in jail in an extortion case filed by her.

"Atiqur tried to illegally grab 0.06 acres of land owned by me in the district's Biswas Betka area. He also demanded Tk10 lakh as extortion.

"He even threatened to abduct and later kill me. We are still l...