Dock Leaseholder Kamrul Islam has filed a case against several named suspects – Antur Khan, 26, Morshed Khan, 25, Mosharaf Khan, 28, Hridoy, 25, Rony Khan, 42 – and 10-12 other unnamed ones over the hijacking. A video showing suspect Antur standing atop a trawler with a pistol in his hand has gone viral on social media. Kamrul’s son Hedayatullah said that garment workers used the trawlers to cross the river and his father runs the dock with a lease from the municipality. “Antur Khan, Morshed Khan, and several others had been demanding Tk 500,000 in extortion money from my father. They then held everyone hostage with their weapons and took the two trawlers used to cross the river.”The suspects have gone into hiding since the incident.
