BCL men in Panchagarh vandalise two hotels
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) vandalised two hotels in Panchagarh town on Saturday night, alleging that one of the two hotels owned by the same person supplied stale food to their leader.
Hotel boys and witnesses said Joint Secretary of BCL Panchagarh Pourasava unit Anwar Hossain and his friend Dipu came to Hotel Mouchak (old) at around 9:30pm and asked a hotel boy to give him light food.
When hotel boy Jalil served the BCL leader bread, he beat up the hotel boy, saying that it was not fresh.
Hearing the news, some BCL activists went to the hotel and ransacked it. They also forced the manager of the hotel to keep its shutter down.
The BCL men then went to another hotel named Hotel Mouchak (new) of the same owner on Panchagarh-Tentulia road and ransacked it.
Manager of Hotel Mouchak (old) Aminur Rahaman said they informed local lawmaker Mozaharul Haque Prodhan and the local administration of the matter. Local Awami League leaders want to sit with us to resolve the issue, he added.
Panchagarh Hotel and Restaurant Owners' Association and Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union held a joint meeting at Panchagarh Bazar yesterday. They demanded arrest of the BCL men responsible for vandalising the hotel in Thakurgaon town within the next 12 hours. Otherwise, they threatened to go for an indefinite strike.
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