UP Chairman Mujibul Haq is also the convenor of Chambol Union Awami League. Other accused in the case are Chambol UP members Iftikhar Uddin, Mohammad Sajjad, Ehsan, Nasir, Farhad and Saiful.
The defendant in the case, MA Hashem, claimed to be a human rights activist. On 6 November, Chambol UP President Mujibul Haq Choudhary threatened to kill US Ambassador Peter Haas in a public meeting. This incident has been reported in almost all media outlets.
AL leader Mujibul was addressing the BNP-Jamaat rally ‘against the blockade and violence’ in Chattogram’s regional accent. A video clip of his nearly 19-minute speech went viral on Facebook. Apart from threatening an attack on Ambassador Peter Haas, he also criticized US President Joe Biden and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus.