When asked, Shafiqul said Jahurul Hoque Dulal got the work in a fair bidding process. "Nothing happened at his office," he said. But the "real winner" of the lottery faxed a letter to the chief engineer and sub-divisional engineer of the department describing the irregularities in the lottery and demanding for a fresh tender, sources said.
On February 16, the department in a notice invited the departmental contractors to drop tender documents within April 7 to construct Jamalpur-Vanua-Kamalpur-Rajibpur-Roumari-Datbhanga road at a cost of Tk 1.44 crore.Sources said 11 construction firms took part in the bid. Documents of two firms were cancelled because of faults.
At 10:30 am, the executive engineer conducted the lottery in presence of the representatives of nine bidders and picked the name of M/s Rafique Construction.Later, the AL leaders kept the executive engineer confined to his room for about half an hour and forced him to select their chosen contractor for the work. In the meantime, they drove out the other contractors.The AL leaders themselves then declared that contractor Jahurul Hoque Dulal got the work in the lottery, sources said.
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