Depositors protest shut down of Puthia NGO, demand money back
Over a hundred depositors of Jamaat-e Islami controlled NGO--Bangladesh Chashi Kalyan Samity (BCKS)--laid siege to Puthia Police Station on Tuesday, alleging police inaction against corrupt practices of the organisation.
They also demanded that police arrange refunding of about Tk 10 lakh of some 500 depositors by the BCKS.
They alleged that police misbehaved with acting Upazila Chairman Marjina Begum when she came to help the depositors who are being harassed by the NGO officials.
Sources said some local Awami League leaders challenged Rajshahi BCKS president and Jamaat member Hafizur Rahman while he was going to his school, Shishu Academy, at Puthia Bazar on Tuesday after some of the depositors complained to them of harassment by the NGO.
During altercation, a police team led by Sub-Inspector Mahbub went to the scene, picked up Hafizur from there and released him after half an hour.
Enraged by police acts, the depositors surrounded the police station at around 1:00pm. They withdrew the siege programme at 5:30pm after police apologised and promised to take legal action against the NGO within the next two days.
They depositors said BCKS has shut down its offices without refunding about
Tk 10 lakh to its 500 depositors in Puthia. They alleged police had been refusing to record any case against the NGO for the last six months.
Contacted, Abdul Hamid, officer-in-charge of Puthia Police Station. said he was not aware of cheating by the NGO.
Hafizur Rahman could not be reached for comments.
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