For a long time, a synchronized syndicate of individuals has been continuously submitting false, fabricated, and baseless complaints to various government offices, heads of banks and financial institutions, and international buyers, causing Noman Group to suffer from defamation, commercial loss, obstruction in exports and foreign exchange earnings, and extortion through blackmail. The Noman Group authorities have demanded appropriate legal action against the members of this organized syndicate. Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Ltd. (a associate concern of Noman Group) is one of the leading exporters in the textile and garment sector of the country, earning valuable foreign exchange. Since 2000, Noman Group has been conducting export trade with a stellar reputation alongside 903 international buyers. The group's annual turnover is approximately 1.3 billion US dollars, and about 80,000 workers, employees, and officers are engaged in Noman Group's operations. In recognition of its outstanding contribution to the national economy, Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Limited, an associate concern of the group, has been awarded the National Export Trophy (Gold) as the country's best exporter 12 (twelve) consecutive times by the Ministry of Commerce. Furthermore, for playing a pioneering role in creating employment, solving the unemployment problem, increasing reserves through earning valuable foreign exchange, and expanding industrialization, Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Limited and Noman Terry Towel Mills Limited, associate concerns of the group, have been honored multiple times with the President's Industrial Development Award by the Ministry of Industries. The Chairman and Directors of the group, as well as multiple industrial units, have been continuously selected as CIPs (Commercially Important Persons) since 2007. For a long time, an organized dishonest syndicate consisting of Md. Kajal Sarkar (Father: Late Earish Sarkar, Address: Hasannagar, Post: Jibannagar Bazar, Police Station: Bancharampur, District: Brahmanbaria, Mobile: 01620101998), Md. Harun-Or-Rashid alias Bodybuilder Harun (37) (Mobile: 01815947449, 0312518181, 01836518181, 01878506113, National ID No. 19861514713517492), Md. Anwar Hossain (27) (Mobile: 01814493580, 01713259874, 01867859105, 018140531954, 01877226156, 01815118354), Md. Delwar Hossain (Mobile: 01814493580, +918448584362), Md. Helal Uddin (Mobile: 01690109403), and Md. Bilal Uddin (all sons and address: Late Siddique Ahmed, Address: Adhugar Sardarpara, Police Station: Lohagara, District: Chattogram), along with some ungrateful officers and employees dismissed from Noman Group at various times for fraud, irregularities, and theft, some obscure newspapers notorious for yellow journalism, a few so-called yellow journalists, and a combination of human rights organizations and certain lawyers, is engaged in a heinous attempt to blackmail Noman Group and its esteemed Chairman and Directors by tarnishing their family, social, and business image.
How Harassment and Blackmail Began: On 25/05/2018, when Harun-Or-Rashid alias Bodybuilders Harun submitted an application signed as an "Open Letter of the Oppressed" seeking the opportunity to do business, Md. Anwar Hossain (brother of Harun) was given the opportunity to work in waste management and C&F operations out of humanitarian consideration. Due to a lack of business capital, Harun took Tk 93 lakh as a loan from the personal account of the Chairman of Noman Group at various times in cash and through cheques. While the business was ongoing, upon learning about irregularities and fraud regarding waste delivery from various factories of Noman Group by Anwar and Harun, and numerous criminal cases pending against them in various courts and police stations, all business transactions with them were severed on 28/11/2020. Enraged by this, Harun and his group started harassing the authorities through various forms of fraud and blackmail in association with the syndicate members. For the purpose of fraud and harassment, on 10/01/2021, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid alias Bodybuilders Harun came to the office of Abu Hanif (nephew of the Chairman) with a file and said, "Send this file to your uncle." Pulling out some applications written by lawyers of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh, paper cuttings, legal notices, and copies of writ petitions from the file, he threatened that if the Chairman of Noman Group demanded the return of Tk 93 lakh from him (Harun), Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh would send those applications to various government departments including the ACC, NBR, Customs, Ministry of Industries, and Ministry of Commerce.
On 23/01/2021, Bodybuilder Harun called our office official and threatened that if the Chairman of Noman Group demanded the return of Tk 93 lakh from him, he would take all measures to cause massive damage to Noman Group, shut down the business, and abduct, murder, and make disappear the Chairman, Directors, and officers of Noman Group before leaving. In response to the threats made by Bodybuilder Harun, a General Diary (GD) was filed at Motijheel Police Station on 24/01/2021 by the Chairman of Noman Group seeking security for life and property. On 25/01/2021, Harun came back below the office of Noman Group, called the Public Relations Officer of the group, demanded Tk 2 crore as extortion, and directly threatened that he would not return the Tk 93 lakh owed to the Chairman of Noman Group. Therefore, a case was filed at Motijheel Police Station in the evening. When Harun’s brothers—namely Anwar Hossain, Helal Uddin, and Delwar Hossain—threatened witnesses not to testify in the case, to withdraw the case, and demanded Tk 2 crore to manage Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh and not disclose Harun's unethical demand in court, Non-FIR cases numbered 17/21, 22/21, and 25/21 were filed against them at Motijheel Police Station, and charge sheets have been framed against them in all these cases in court. Following a long investigation, the charge sheet for Motijheel Police Station Case No. 33(01)21 was submitted on 21/06/21. On 30/12/2021, in Case No. 33/21, Harun was sentenced to 4 (four) years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Tk 10,000, in default of which to suffer 3 (three) months of simple imprisonment. Furious over the severance of business relations with Harun and his brother Anwar, the demand to return Tk 93 lakh owed to the Chairman of the group, and the filing of cases against them, they joined hands with certain officers and employees dismissed from Noman Group at various times for various irregularities and thefts, yellow journalists, obscure newspapers, and alleged human rights organizations. To harass Noman Group out of personal vendetta by submitting applications to various government departments, Harun’s brother Anwar filed two baseless PIL (Public Interest Litigation) writ petitions (Writ Petition Nos. 10716/2022 and 10717/2022) in the High Court Division, which the petitioner, i.e., Anwar, had no Locus Standi to file. Because although the cases were filed as PILs, they were not filed in the public interest; rather, the two writ petitions were filed out of personal grudge and retaliatory motives to fulfill their own malicious objectives. Here it is worth mentioning that although the two PIL writ petitions Nos. 10716/22 and 10717/22 were filed against Noman Group for the sole purpose of harassment, Noman Group was not impleaded with malicious intent in court. Later, in Writ Petition No. 10716/22, the Hon’ble Chamber Court impleaded Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Ltd., an associate concern of Noman Group, filed CMP 720/22, and the Chamber Court stayed the High Court’s order with a Status Quo and referred it to the full bench of the Supreme Court for hearing. Currently, the said case is pending rule hearing in the High Court after the conclusion of hearing in the full bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, maintaining the Status Quo as CP 2834/22. In the other Writ Petition No. 10717/22, Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Ltd., an associate concern of Noman Group, became a party, submitted an Affidavit-in-Opposition, and the writ petition is pending for hearing in the High Court. On 09/11/2025, at the direct instigation of Md. Kajal Sarkar, Md. Anwar Hossain filed another writ petition in the Hon’ble Supreme Court out of sheer personal vendetta, numbered 18543/2025, and Kajal Sarkar himself filed Civil Suit No. 10/2026 as plaintiff in the Court of the Joint District Judge, Gazipur. While the said case is ongoing, without waiting for the verdict of the case, he continues to submit one false and baseless application after another to various government departments with the intent of tarnishing Noman Group's reputation through propaganda and blackmail. We came to know through various mediums that to seek the disposal of the applications submitted to various government departments, a new writ petition has been filed in the Hon’ble High Court,
numbered 11318/2026. Furthermore, Md. Kajal Sarkar as plaintiff brought false allegations against the Chairman, Directors, and officers of the group and filed a case under Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the Court of the learned Executive Magistrate, Gazipur, bearing No. 995/2026. On the date fixed for hearing, 31/08/2026, the plaintiff (1st party) Kajal Sarkar appeared in court and prayed for the withdrawal of the case, while Defendants 4 and 5 (2nd party), Muradul Islam and Amiruzzaman Rocky, voluntarily submitted written replies. Since the plaintiff failed to prove the incident described in his case in the learned Executive Magistrate's court and the written statements of the 2nd party were satisfactory, the court discharged the 2nd party from the liabilities of the case and ordered the disposal of the case. This demonstrates that Kajal Sarkar and other members of his organized syndicate are harassing and defaming the group and Noman Group authorities through blackmail by submitting false and baseless applications to various government departments and publishing them in newspapers.
This group of vested interest-seeking dishonest and organized syndicate has long been targeting established industrialists, businessmen, various professionals, and prominent individuals in an attempt to misappropriate money through blackmail. In continuation of this, driven by a long-standing personal vendetta, they have been harassing the renowned export-oriented industrial enterprise Noman Group, its Chairman, and its Directors in various ways. At the instigation of certain influential individuals, they continue to create obstacles in business operations by submitting various false, misleading, and baseless applications to various government departments and continuously printing false and baseless reports in newspapers. Separate defamation suits (CR Case Nos. 385/22 and 427/22) claiming 20 billion taka each have been filed against the editors and reporters of Dainiker Shomoyer and Dainik Inqilab for publishing untrue, false, and defamatory news in some name-sake newspapers. Among them, charges have been framed against the editor and reporter of Dainiker Shomoyer. Here it is worth noting that the editor of Dainiker Shomoyer (CR Case No. 385/22) expressed written regret after the framing of charges and dismissed reporter Sajeda Haque for publishing false and baseless reports. Additionally, as Dainik Inqilab continuously published false, baseless, fabricated, concocted, motivated, and defamatory reports, 2 separate financial suits of 10 billion taka each (5 billion taka against the editor and 5 billion taka against the reporter), numbered 66/2024 and 75/2024, have been filed on behalf of Noman Group in the 5th Joint District Judge Court. Besides this, for submitting false and baseless applications to various government departments to tarnish the reputation and defame Noman Group, CR Case No. 434/2026 has been filed against Md. Kajal Sarkar by Noman Group in the CMM Court, Dhaka.
Md. Kajal Sarkar (Mobile: 01620101998, Father: Earish Sarkar, Village: Hasannagar, Post: Jibannagar Bazar 3416, Bancharampur,
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fabricated, imaginary, and baseless complaint after another to various government departments, namely Bangladesh Bank, head offices of various scheduled banks, NBR, ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission), and Titas Gas Office, which have not an iota of truth or foundation. With completely malicious intent, the said Kajal Sarkar and his associates physically visited the Bangladesh offices of our world-famous international buyers—namely (1) Walmart-USA, (2) Ikea-Sweden, (3) H&M-Sweden, (4) K-Mart-Australia, (5) Target-USA, and (6) Lidl-Germany—and lodged concocted and baseless complaints. They severely damaged the image of Noman Group among the said buyers and directly requested the buyers via email not to place any orders with Noman Group.
Consequently, buyers have cancelled/suspended some of our purchase orders, and are preparing to decide on cancelling purchase orders worth hundreds of crores of more takas. This will have a severe negative impact on the national economy and creates a fear of our factories being shut down. If such a situation arises, 80,000 workers and employees will become unemployed, and an anarchic situation may arise in the country. The allegations raised against Noman Group regarding embezzling money by taking bank loans and building factories by occupying land are also completely baseless. Although there is an opportunity to seek remedies in civil courts regarding the baseless land-related allegations, the syndicate is engaging in this despicable activity solely with the malicious intent of harassment, defamation, blackmail, and destroying business. Md. Anwar Hossain and Helal Uddin, key members of the said organized syndicate, have also been continuously lodging concocted and baseless complaints by providing false information to various government departments including Bangladesh Bank and its subordinate scheduled banks, ACC, NBR, and visiting the Bangladesh offices of our international buyers, as a result of which the reputation of Noman Group is severely tarnished, negatively affecting business. The convicted accused Harun-Or-Rashid alias Bodybuilders Harun, Md. Kajal Sarkar, Md. Helal Uddin, Md. Delwar Hossain, and Anwar Hossain gang are continuously harassing and defaming Noman Group and its Chairman through their dishonest organized syndicate with the intent of blackmail. An organized syndicate composed of some yellow journalists, name-sake newspapers, human rights organizations, some officers and employees expelled from Noman Group at various times for theft and irregularities, beneficiaries, and the Harun gang, driven by complete vengeance and vindictiveness, is spreading confusion by continuously submitting false, baseless, motivated, and defamatory complaints to various government departments and banks, and publishing reports in name-sake yellow newspapers. Consequently, the image of Noman Group and its Chairman is being tarnished in business circles at home and abroad, as well as in scheduled banks and financial institutions of the country, while creating a sense of distrust among workers, officers, and employees. Essentially, this organized dishonest syndicate is attempting to extort money illegally through blackmail from Noman Group and to obstruct the administration of justice by forging and fabricating various fake documents at different times and submitting them to the court to mislead the Hon’ble High Court in pending cases. It is worth noting that this fraudulent syndicate has no respect for the law. With the malicious intent of misleading (mislead) the Hon’ble Supreme Court, they submitted multiple fabricated fake documents in various paper books in CP No. 2834/2022 (which originated from CMP-720/2022, which in turn originated from Writ Petition No. 10716/2022) in the Appellate Division. These include forged deposit slips of banks. In reality, Md. Kajal Sarkar, Anwar Hossain, Helal Uddin, Md. Delwar Hossian, the Harun gang, and other members have no specific legal profession. Their profession and business are to misappropriate money through blackmail by targeting established industrialists, businessmen, various professionals, and prominent individuals. Due to the continuous malicious and conspiratorial activities of the aforementioned scheming circle against Noman Group, the group's reputation has been severely tarnished among our esteemed buyers at home and abroad, as a result of which buyers are reducing our purchase orders over various compliance issues, and we have already suffered financial losses exceeding approximately 10,000 crore takas. The livelihood of the 80,000 workers, officers, and employees working in Noman Group depends on the normal momentum of the group. If the government's appropriate authorities do not take firm steps to stop the continuous conspiratorial misdeeds of the said organized syndicate, Noman Group will suffer even greater financial losses in the near future, and the livelihoods of the families of 80,000 salaried officers, employees, and workers of the group will become uncertain, while the unemployment problem will take an acute shape. Consequently, crimes and killings will increase in the country, and there is every possibility of law and order deteriorating. Above all, it will have a severe negative impact on the overall economic sector of the country.
Consequences of the Syndicate’s Conspiracy: The reputation of Noman Group and the textile industry as a whole is being tarnished at home and abroad, disrupting business. Due to this tarnished reputation, "haircuts" are being applied to LC facilities in banks and financial institutions, causing a crisis of raw materials. International buyers are reducing our work orders due to false and baseless propaganda, resulting in falling exports. Employment is continuously contracting, and the livelihoods of nearly 80,000 people in the group are under threat. The country is being deprived of earning valuable foreign exchange, and will suffer even more in the future if this conspiracy cannot be stopped. When contacted via cell phone regarding the allegations, Kajal Sarkar told Dainiker Shomoyer that his main dispute with Noman Group is over land. There is a dispute over about 70 bighas of land in the Tongi Pagar area of Gazipur, regarding which he has filed a civil suit bearing No. 10/2026, which is ongoing in court. The case will very soon go to the ACC. He considered it his responsibility to inform various government departments, banks, financial institutions, and international buyers about Noman Group. Kajal Sarkar also claimed that he had made allegations of gas theft in Titas's gas bypass line, but Titas authorities informed him that upon investigation by their own team, no truth was found. Additionally, the cell phones of Md. Harun-Or-Rashid alias Bodybuilder Harun (37), Md. Anwar Hossain (27), Md. Delwar Hossain, Md. Helal Uddin, and Md. Bilal Uddin were found switched off despite being called multiple times.
— Daily Best News Desk • Fearless in the search for truth
Reported by Special Correspondent, Dhaka • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].
