BRTC service from Kushtia stopped by pvt operators

did not roll out of its Daulatdia depot after inauguration of its Kushtia-Dhaka service on Monday due to resistance by private bus owners.

BRTC sources said some musclemen hired by private bus owners forcibly stopped a BRTC bus as it was coming out of the Daulatdia depot with passengers for its maiden trip to Meherpur via Kushtia Tuesday morning.

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The gang then stormed into a hotel at Rajbari town and threatened BRTC Traffic Officer Azam Chudhury of "dire consequence" if they try to ply BRTC bus on the route.

BRTC sources said they informed the matter to high authority.

BRTC Chairman Tamur Alam Khodokar reached

Rajbari on Friday and held a meeting with leaders of Rajbari Bus Owners Association, but to no effect.