From: Ezajur Rahman <ezajur.rahman@q8.com>
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Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:54:34 AM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Fulgazi UNO manhandled by BCL activists
Fulgazi UNO manhandled by BCL activists
Courtesy New Age 16/7/09
Staff Correspondent
Activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League and Juba League, respectively student and youth fronts of the ruling Awami League, reportedly manhandled the upazila nirbahi officer and two other staffers of his office at Fulgazi in Feni on Wednesday.
According to information received in Dhaka , the authority concerned floated a tender for repair of the upazila complex, and the upazila chairman and also a central Juba League leader, Ekramul Haque, distributed the work orders to the BCL and JL leaders.
The president of the Fulgazi upazila unit of Juba League, Mahabul Alam Kala, got the work order for repair of the boundary wall and gate of the UNO's residence but he created pressure for full payment of the bill without completing the work. He was also locked in an altercation with the UNO over the quality of the work.
On Wednesday more than 10 activists of the BCL and JL, led by Shafiqur Rahman, entered the office of the UNO at about 1:00pm with a rope. They tied up UNO Sarwar Hossain, MLSS Abdur Rab and head assistant Obaidul Haque, and tried to force the UNO to sign the bill.
Later the local BCL president, Nazimuddin, freed the three government employees and tried to calm them down.
The deputy commissioner of Feni, Abdul Quddus Khan, denied that the government employees had been manhandled, and said that he had got in touch with the UNO, and claimed that there had just been an altercation between the UNO and the contractor. The contractor had later apologised to the UNO for the incident, he claimed.
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