IG prisons gets threat

The Inspector General of Prisons, brigadier general Syed Iftekhar Uddin, on Saturday said he received a threat through a Short Message Service (SMS) on his mobile phone.

The SMS was sent after three top terrors including Killer Abbas, Khorshed Alam Rasu and Pichchi Helal were shifted to Jessore, Comilla and Rajshahi jails respectively from the Kashimpur Central Jail, said Syed Iftekhar Uddin.

According to the IG prisons, people of Killer Abbas sent the text message, threatening him “to face dire consequences.”

The person, who sent the SMS, claimed himself to be a journalist, he added.