Hero Alam files GD over death threat

Staff Reporter

Published: July 25, 2023, 12:32 PM

Hero Alam files GD over death threat

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Ashraful Alam, better known as “Hero Alam”, registered a general diary (GD) last night (July 24, 2023) after he allegedly received a death threat on the phone.

Hero Alam filed the GD with Hatirjheel police station around 11:30 pm, said Abdul Quadir, sub-inspector of the police station.

According to the GD, “Hero Alam received three calls from an unknown number, threatening to kill him. He received the first call at 9:43 pm on Monday night.”

“The caller threatened that he would teach him (Hero Alam) a lesson and dump his body in the Buriganga river within seven days,” reads the GD.

Hero Alam, an independent contestant of the recently concluded Dhaka-17 by-polls, was physically assaulted while leaving a polling centre in Dhaka’s Banani area on July 17.

Following the assault, Hero Alam‍‍`s personal assistant filed a case at Banani police station accusing 15 to 20 unidentified individuals.

Police have arrested several people in a case filed over the assault on Hero Alam.

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