Ali Nur Mohammad Samuel from Gohorpur area in Balaganj upazila, has accused two residential hotels in Sylhet of harassment by holding his belongings hostage. He is a UK expatriate and CEO of a software company.
The two hotels in question, located in the Mirer Moydan area of the city, are Farmis Garden and Ziran Guest House. On Tuesday afternoon, Samuel held a press conference at a restaurant in Sylhet to present his grievances.
He claimed that despite seeking assistance from the police to recover his belongings, he received no help. Instead, former Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station, Md. Nunu Mia, allegedly harassed him further. It was only after the intervention of the British High Commission and a court order that senior officers of the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) helped retrieve some of his important items, including his passport and laptop. However, some of his belongings are still unrecovered.
During the press conference, Samuel explained that he had returned to Bangladesh in August to work on his software company in peace. He initially stayed at Ziran Guest House in Mirer Maidan after paying in advance. However, due to security concerns, on August 20, he moved to the nearby Farmis Garden, paying in advance for a 7-day stay.
Five days into his stay, on August 27, after returning from a work, Samuel wanted to check out and retrieve his belongings. The hotel staff refused to return his belongings. When he spoke to the hotel manager over the phone, the manager demanded 1.5 lakh taka.
Samuel visited Kotwali Police Station twice, but former OC Md. Nunu Mia did not cooperate and allegedly behaved rudely with him. Then, Samuel contacted the British High Commission in Bangladesh for assistance. On their advice, he hired a lawyer and filed a case in court. The court took his complaint into consideration and instructed an executive magistrate of the district administration to recover his belongings.
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