Case against Habiganj Mayor
Human chain, rally on first day of agitation
Officials and employees of Habiganj municipality form a human chain in front of Durjoy Memorial in the town yesterday demanding withdrawal of a 'false' case filed against the mayor and some municipal staff by a ruling party man on Sunday.Photo: STAR
Officials and employees of Habiganj municipality yesterday launched an agitation programme demanding withdrawal of a “false” case filed by a ruling party man against the mayor, a councillor and some staff members on May 6. The programme was announced at a press conference at the auditorium of the municipality on Monday. As part of the programme, the municipal officials and employees formed a human chain and held a rally in front of Durjoy Memorial in the town yesterday. Addressing a rally at the venue, the speakers said their agitation demanding withdrawal of the case will continue until May 14. If the demand is not met by May 14, the mayor, councillors and municipal staff will begin an indefinite strike from May 15, they added. Chaired by Mayor GK Gous, the rally was addressed, among others, by Pourasava secretary Zaved Iqbal Chowdhury, councillors Dilip Das, Abul Hashim, Junaid Ahmed, Mohammad Alamgir, Zahir Uddin, Nur Hossain and Lovely Begum. The agitating officials and employees of the municipality will abstain from work for six hours today, hold a protest rally on the Pourashava ground on May 10, observe a half-day hartal on May 13, and daylong work abstention on May 14. Meanwhile, Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday granted bail to Mayor GK Gous and four others in the case. At the Monday's press conference, Mayor GK Gous, also the general secretary of BNP district unit, alleged that a group of ruling party men came to the municipality office in a procession during opposition-called hartal on April 22 in the name of handing over a memo to him protesting the proposed municipal tax. Suddenly, the AL men went on the rampage and vandalised the pourasava office and some vehicles in front of the office, he alleged. The mayor said Pourasava Secretary Zaved Iqbal filed a case with Habiganj Police Station the same day against town unit AL President Sharif Ullah, General Secretary Mukul Acharya, former district BCL president Motassirul Islam, general secretary Sultan Mahmud and 40 to 50 others ruling party men, but police did not record the case. Being influenced by the ruling party men, police recoded a 'false' case against me and staff of the municipality after 12 days of the incident, the mayor further alleged. Mayor and others told the press conference that one Abdul Awal of Josher Abda area in the municipality filed the case as complainant. In the case statement, he alleged that mayor and staff members physically assaulted them when they went to the municipality office for handing over a memo on April 22.
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