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The move sparked a national debate against a naval officer the day after he was hit. The fate of the son of wealthy Haji Selim, who has long been influenced by “displaying muscular strength,” has come as a surprise to many.
According to the locals, Irfan has suffered similar consequences in the past.
Haji Selim’s house on Devdas Lane, Soari Ghat, Old Dhaka; The RAB carried out the operation here on Monday.
According to the comments of these people, who did not want to be named, Irfan, who had studied abroad, used to ride a motorcycle from one place to another, although not in a rebellious way. When their journey was interrupted in the narrow alleys of old Dhaka, it became very “normal” for their comrades to slap low-income people.
“This is what happened in Dhanmondi, it didn’t happen in a day. It happened because two or three people were beaten in the area,” said a Chawkbazar area resident he knows.
Irfan Haji is one of the directors of Grupo Medina, his father’s business.
After a case was recorded against a naval officer for beating him, the RAB cordoned off MP Haji Selim’s home in the Soari Ghat area on Monday afternoon. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Avi
Under the influence of his father, he also became a councilman for the 30th district of the Dhaka South City Corporation. He is married to the daughter of Noakhali Ekramul MP Karim Chowdhury.
Irfan Selim returned to Canada seven years ago after studying business administration in Canada, said a Medina Group official.
However, before the city’s corporate elections last February, his anagona was captured by the people of the area.
“Even after studying abroad, Irfan could not be seen in the area. He could be seen in the area during the campaign and after winning the election for councilor,” said a local businessman.
Another Chawkbazar businessman told bdnews24.com, “Irfan used to stay home and occasionally come to the roof of the Ashik Tower and set off fireworks. He could be seen rejoicing with the cows in the streets the day before Eid al-Adha. “.
On condition of anonymity, a businessman said that Irfan Selim was blowing up three large cows in front of the Ashik Tower at 4 pm on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha and setting off fireworks. I had no idea that keeping three cows in front of the market was disrupting people’s movement and commerce.
“Irfan was a bit careless and used to ride a lot of motorcycles from one place to another after he became a commissioner.”
About a month and a half ago, Irfan’s accomplices beat a milk vendor, an egg vendor and a fruit vendor on the street in front of the Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque around 12 p.m., a merchant at the Chawkbazar market said.
When asked why he had been hit, he said there was probably a slight break in his car. Irfan didn’t kill, but he looked “drunk”.
“Such incidents happened often in the area,” said the Chawkbazar businessman when he drew attention to the beating of a naval officer in Dhanmondi on Sunday night.
RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam carried out the raid on Haji Selim’s home on Devdas Lane in Sowari Ghat around 12:30 pm Monday.
A middle-aged man from the area blamed Irfan’s accomplices for all this.
He told bdnews24.com, “The boy (Irfan) is fine. He studied from abroad. I can’t speak Bengali properly. I stayed home all the time. But his friends have made it worse.”
When asked who Sangpang was, he mentioned the name of Selim Babu from the Sowari Ghat area.
An attempt was made to contact Selim Babu on his mobile phone to comment on the allegations, but his number was found blocked.
“Irfan has a better mindset than other councils,” said a Mitford businessman. Being young, it is not okay to move. But don’t disturb the merchants in any other way. “
“It’s because of them,” he said, to name a few.
Another resident of the area said: “Those who used to live with Haji Selim used to live near Irfan Selim.”
RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam conducted the raid on Haji Selim’s home on Devdas Lane in Sowari Ghat around 12:30 pm Monday.
The day after the beating, the RAB raided Irfan’s home and found illegal pistols, alcohol, yaba, air pistols, walkie-talkies, and handcuffs. Irfan was also sentenced to a year and a half in prison by a RAB mobile court for consuming alcohol and walkie-talkies.
In addition, RAB officials recovered some equipment, including hockey sticks, daggers, handcuffs, ropes and electrical cables from a room on the roof of the Ashiq Tower in Chawkbazar, owned by Haji Selim, and said that Irfan had established a ‘center torture ‘here.
However, the locals do not believe this statement from the RAB.
A merchant at the market next to Ashiq Tower told bdnews24.com, “Irfan could be seen climbing the roof and firing fireworks from time to time. He has children in his movements. He can drink alcohol. Hoi rioted and walked by. road.
“But if someone had been hit like that, we would have listened at least a little.”
Chawkbazar Police Station OC Moudut Hawlader said that no prior complaint had been filed against Irfan Selim.
He told bdnews24.com: “No one came to the police station claiming that Irfan Selim had hit someone on the road. No one has yet complained about what his colleagues did.”
When asked why ordinary people don’t go to the police station to slap on the road, a local named Nawab said that Irfan’s father had money and political influence.
“Those who are slapped in the streets are very innocent and who doesn’t know Haji Selim?”
Foreign liquor was recovered from the home of Irfan Selim, son of Haji Selim.
When asked how Irfan works as a councilor, Maruf, a Chhota Katara resident, said that Irfan Selim has an organization called ‘Champatli United’. People from that organization have been cooperating in the coronavirus epidemic and even the poor receive food every Friday under the organization’s banner.
He said he was seen urging people to stay indoors during the lockdown, adding that the areas of Champatli, Devidas Ghat Lane, Chowk Mogultuli, Soarighat, Imamganj, and Mitford Hospital are included in Ward 30. Irfan Selim has also been included. seen in mosquito eradication activities.
Pradeep, a Mitford’s Red Quarters resident, told bdnews24.com: “Irfan Selim came to our rooms and cooperated.
However, many leaders of the Awami League did not like the way young Irfan worked with his companions.
On condition of anonymity, a local leader of the Awami League said: “He used to come to our area to cooperate alone. The leaders and activists of the Awami League told us nothing. Irfan Selim was very angry with me when I told Haji Selim about the matter. “
Just as Haji Selim lost the ship’s candidate as a rebel candidate in the 2014 parliamentary elections, this time Irfan also lost the Awami League candidate as a rebel candidate in the city elections.
The local leader of the Awami League said: “Irfan Selim is not a politician, he studied abroad. He became a councilor in the identity of his father.
“So those who will be with you will tell you how to walk down the road, who to call if you go to some area and cooperate. If you don’t have a good partner, you’re in danger.”
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