Follow-up
'Ringleader' of rly fuel stealing scam claims innocence
Foysal Alam Bigyan, the alleged ringleader of Parbatipur Locomotive Shed fuel stealing scam, yesterday claimed that he has no involvement with fuel stealing incident.
"I was never involved with fuel stealing of Parbatipur Locomotive Shed nor did I influence any officials or staffs in this regard. The news published against me is false, motivated and fabricated," Bigyan, an expelled leader of Parbatipur upazila unit of Awami League, said at a press conference at his business centre 'Risti Enterprise' in Parbatipur municipality yesterday.
Bigyan, a former relief and rehabilitation secretary of Parbatipur upazila AL, also urged the investigation teams to go 'deep' into the incident.
Meanwhile, the two persons arrested by GRP police on Saturday evening in the wake of fuel stealing scam at Parbatipur Locomotive Shed, got bail from a court in Dinajpur on Sunday, sources said.
Parbatipur GRP had charged the two arrestees -- Md Asaduzzaman Kusum, 28, of Islampur Kalibari of Parbatipur municipality, and Monrul Islam, 30, of Rahmatpur of Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur, under Section 54.
No case is yet to be filed regarding the fuel stealing incident, said Md Emdadul Haque, officer in charge of Parbatipur GRP.
Several railway officials and local elderly citizens of Parbatipur upazila expressed dismay over bail of the two arrestees and lack of administrative action against a few railway officials allegedly involved with fuel stealing.
Pointed his finger to railway security personnel including a few officials of Parbatippur GRP for rampant fuel stealing, freedom fighter Jahrul Islam said, "Parbatipur Locomotive Shed and its surrounding places are highly protected areas and so, it is impossible to steal fuel from the shed and train engines without any help of railway officials and staff."
"Fuel stealing in the area is not likely to be stopped as the key persons allegedly operating the fuel stealing network are still to be caught," said an official of Parbatipur Railway Station seeking anonymity.
With spread of the fuel stealing scam, nine people of Paratipur Railway and GRP have been suspended since Saturday.
Meanwhile, members of the two probe teams formed on Saturday to investigate the alleged fuel stealing, visited the spot on Sunday and later left for Dhaka with their findings.
The report will be filed within a day or two, said an investigator.
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