Man in the crosshairs of 'Boro Sazzad', shot after repeated death threats
Imtiaz Sultan Ikram.
A man named Imtiaz Sultan Ikram was seriously injured when shot by an assailant in broad daylight in Chattogram city. His wife has blamed the cadres of the fugitive terrorist group 'Boro Sazzad' for the attack. Ikram had been receiving death threats for a year, allegedly because he had helped police arrest a member of that group.
The incident occurred on Monday at noon in the Muradpur Forest Gate area of Pahartali Police Station. The injured Ikram has been admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Imtiaz Sultan Ikram (27) is the son of Mohammad Ishak Mia of the Forest Gate area of Muradpur under Pahartali Police Station.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mozammel Haque of Pahartali Police Station told Agamir Somoy, "Ikram was sitting at a tire shop next to his house. Four to five young men came on motorcycles and shot him. Having been shot, he ran up to the second floor of the shop. The shooters then fled. Locals took him to the hospital. Doctors said his condition is out of danger. We are investigating who carried out the incident."
Ikram's wife, Ruma Akter, blamed Sazzad Ali Khan alias Boro Sazzad and his followers—terrorists Raihan, Saber, Ismail, and several others—for the incident.
She said that on November 14 last year, Ikram was threatened via an SMS from a foreign number. It read: "You will have to leave the illusion of this world very soon. I will not kill you by shooting; I will kill you by stabbing you again and again with a blade. I will be the number one accused in your case."
Facing continuous threats, Ruma Akter filed a General Diary (GD) with Pahartali Police Station on March 20 seeking security. In the GD, she claimed that the threats were being made because she had helped police arrest terrorist Chhoto Sazzad, a follower of Boro Sazzad.
Earlier, on February 17, RAB had arrested Ikram along with an associate from Link Road in the Arefin Nagar area of Bayezid Bostami Police Station in the city. Two foreign pistols of 7.65 bore, five magazines, and 56 rounds of ammunition were reported to have been recovered from him.
During the deposed Awami League government, Ikram was involved in the politics of the now-banned Chhatra League. He was a follower of A J M Nasir Uddin, General Secretary of the now-banned Awami League's Chattogram city committee and former mayor. He ran a juvenile gang called 'Rich Kids.'
In 2017, Ikram was made an accused in the case of the murder of schoolgirl Tasfia Amin in Chattogram. He then fled to Dubai. There he became acquainted with and close to Boro Sazzad. According to law enforcement information, he used foreign numbers to demand large sums of extortion money from various businessmen in Chattogram's Bayezid Bostami, Oxygen, and Muradpur areas.
Ikram returned to the country in April 2024. After staying hidden for some time, he emerged as a cadre of Boro Sazzad after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5. He then joined the group of Sarwar Babla, a terrorist rival to Boro Sazzad. Sarwar Babla was killed in a terrorist attack in November 2025.
According to police information, Ikram was also an accused in a case filed over attacks during the anti-discrimination movement.
