The two members of Chittagong City Swechchhasebak League are Debashish Nath Debu, 48, and Manjurul Islam Ratan, 50.
The law enforcers arrested them at Sagorika and Muradpur on Saturday after the alleged victim, Bandhan Nath, started a case against them and four others on Friday night, Panchlaish Police Station OC Mohiuddin Mahmud told bdnews24.com.
Bandhan alleged in the case that he paid the accused people Tk 7 million after getting shot in the back twice and injured by Nazmul on Feb 9, 2016. The others accused in the case beat him up, he alleged.
He said he paid them through cheques and also had to sign on three stamped papers.
The politicians had threatened not to allow him to build a house on his land in Sholoshahar neighbourhood, Bandhan said.
After paying the money, he said in the case, he went to Kuwait again to earn money and pay the developers who were tasked with building the house.
He cancelled the deal with the developers on Jan 5 last year as they failed to start the work as per the deal, according to the case dossier.
OC Mohiuddin said the plaintiff provided the law enforcers with video footage of transaction of money with the accused people.
Ratan and Debu were produced in a court that sent them to jail on Saturday, the OC said.
“We are conducting a drive to arrest the others,” he added.