Leaked phone conversation: MP Kamrul’s case under digital law

A phone conversation between defender Kamrul Islam, a former ruling party minister and a member of parliament for the Dhaka-2 constituency, has gone viral on social media.

Although the matter was publicized on Facebook as “extortion,” MP Kamrul said he had called the local businessman to ask for money. Defender Kamrul Islam has filed a case under the Digital Security Law against the campaign, calling the arbitration talks extortion.

Kamrul Islam filed the case at the Kamrangirchar Police Station on Friday evening on behalf of local food operator Ali Ahmed and alleged journalist Kanak Sarwar, who is now abroad.

Mostafizur Rahman, officer in charge of the Kamrangirchar police station, confirmed the matter to the media on Saturday night.

Dhaka Total Cable Network has been known to have cable network line connection in Khalifabagh and Rasulpur areas of Kamrangirchar. The feed operator Ali Ahmed withheld the money owed by the company. Said the local deputy. Kamrul complained to Islam. After his complaint, MP Kamrul Islam called Ali Ahmed and asked him why he was not paying.

There is a massive online campaign against defender Kamrul Islam, who recorded the conversation and referred to it as extortion. In the campaign against Kamrul Islam, the record was posted on social media Facebook and YouTube by so-called expatriate journalist Konak Sarwar and BNP climate change secretary AKM Wahiduzzaman. However, Wahiduzzaman was not charged in the case.

According to the complaint lodged at the Kamrangirchar Police Station, as an elected representative, he has to arbitrate various incidents in the area. Hundreds of cases have not been filed in the last 12 years due to arbitration.

Furthermore, in the guilty plea of ​​the case, as it was not possible to resolve the dispute face-to-face during the fatal coronation, he took the initiative to resolve the recent accusation over the phone. He called Ali Ahmed and asked him to comment on the allegations. But Ali Ahmed recorded the conversation with malicious intent and provided it to a Konak Sarwar. Kanak Sarwar made it viral on YouTube.

In this regard, OC Mostafizur Rahman said that efforts are being made to arrest Ali Ahmed, a local food operator based in the country.