Rly gatekeepers' demand
At least 14 railway gatekeepers yesterday formed a human chain in front of Lalmonirhat divisional railway office, demanding regularisation of their jobs. At the protest programme, several gatekeepers alleged that they gave Tk 1 lakh each to a top railway official and his head assistant in 2010 after they assured them of regularising their jobs. The demonstrators also said they were not getting their wages for the last four months. Contacted, head assistant of Lalmonirhat Railway Divisional Traffic Superintendent (DTS) office said that all the 14 were recruited as temporary gatekeepers under a project. Divisional Traffic Superintendent Mostafizur Rahman said that the authorities discharged the daily wage basis railway gatekeepers from their jobs in March this year following the appointment of permanent staffs.
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