Abdul Gaffar claims that after accusing Hannan Masud of asking for money to accompany an Awami League representative to the airport, his family's Hatia home was vandalised.
The NCP disputes this claim.
Following allegations that Abdul Hannan Masud, a senior joint chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and a member of parliament from the Noakhali-6 (Hatia) constituency, demanded Tk 3 crore to escort an Awami League leader to the airport, NCP activists allegedly attacked and vandalised the home of a Chhatra Dal leader. The Hannan Masud has denied the accusations.dul Gaffar, a 29-year-old resident of Paschim Boro Deil village in Burirchar union under Hatia upazila, made the accusation. Abdul is a member of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's convener committee at Jahangirnagar University.
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Around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday night, Abdul's family's Paschim Boro Deil village house was assaulted. Hatia Upazila Chhatra Dal organised a protest march at Sagaria Bazar right after the event. They insisted on the identification and prompt prosecution of the offenders.
MP Hannan Masud dismissed the allegations entirely, saying, “My own house gets attacked, and I can barely manage to tackle those situations. Why would I go and attack someone else’s house? This is a staged drama designed to demean me. Let them try and see what they can accomplish.”
Hannan also maintained that the allegation of demanding money to escort an Awami League leader to the airport is completely false.
Speaking to reporters, Abdul said, “During the July Uprising, I was the one who kept Hannan Masud safe. I used to manage everything, from editing to posting all their videos. I am the one who established him in Hatia’s politics.”
“Acting as his political guardian, I stayed with him for a month and a half after August 5, 2024. As a result, I know a lot of his secrets. After August 5, he planned to escort Mohammad Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, the former MP of the Noakhali-4 (Sadar-Subarnachar) constituency and former general secretary of the district Awami League, to the airport. He demanded Tk three crore for this. I opposed it at the time,” he continued.
Abdul said that he informed Muhammad Rashed Khan, the former general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad and current BNP leader, about Hannan’s Tk three crore demand.
He alleged that the attack on his family home was carried out by Hannan’s followers.
“During the attack, miscreants vandalised a window and targeted the main gate. Later, they hurled filthy abuses at me before leaving,” Adul stated.
Riaz Mahmud, convener of Hatia upazila Chhatra Dal, said NCP activists and followers of Hannan Masud had been openly threatening Abdul for the past two days over the statement regarding the Tk three crore demand. He maintained that those who issued the threats were the ones who carried out the attack.
Refuting the allegations, Samsul Kibria, convener of Hatia upazila NCP, said, “Since Chhatra Dal leader Abdul is firmly asserting that NCP activists did this, we must assume they staged this incident themselves just to go viral. When MP Hannan Masud informed me about the matter over the phone, I went to the spot. There, BNP activists created an unpleasant situation.”
Hatia Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Kabir Hossain said, “upon receiving the news, the police visited the spot. No written complaint has been filed regarding the incident yet. Legal action will be taken once a written complaint is received.”
