City Desk :
Popular YouTuber Hero Alom said he is looking for former state minister Mohammad Ali Arafat and threatened to beat him.
Hero Alom was an independent candidate in the 2023 Dhaka-17 by-polls. He was defeated by Awami League candidate Mohammad Ali Arafat.
During the election campaign, he was attacked and claimed that the attackers were associates of Arafat.
After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, several influential ministers and leaders from her administration have been arrested.
In a recent video message, Hero Alom called for justice over the “forcible seizure” of his seat and the “brutal attack” he endured from hired thugs.
He said: “In the election, I won by a large margin. When Arafat saw that I was winning, he had his miscreants group brutally assault me and forcibly steal the election results. He even tried to kill me.”
During this time, Hero Alom addressed the citizens, saying: “You all have seen the torture I endured. So, dear citizens, wherever you find Arafat Rahman, catch him, beat him up, and hand him over to law enforcement. Also, let me know when you find him;
I want to beat him too.”
Expressing his intention to file an attempt to murder case against Arafat, he said: “He tried to kill me. The day police arrest him, I will file a case against him.
I demand justice for the seat he stole from me.”
Hero Alom also accused Arafat Rahman of embezzling crores of taka in the last year.
Earlier, The European Union and twelve countries on Wednesday condemned the attack on Ashraful Alom, popularly known as Hero Alom, during the by-election in the Dhaka-17 constituency on July 17.
In a joint statement, they said that violence has no place in the democratic process.
The signatories of the statement include Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the delegation of the European Union.
Furthermore, they also called for a thorough investigation to hold the perpetrators accountable.
The statement also stressed that all parties involved in the upcoming elections should ensure that polls are conducted in a free, fair, and peaceful manner.