Transport Strike On
Hartal in Dinajpur today
A day-long hartal has been called for today in Dinajpur jointly by Dinajpur transport owners association and the Santrash Protirodh Committee (committee to resist terrorism) demanding arrest of Mujibar Rahman, general secretary of Dinajpur Transport Workers Union for his alleged involvement in illegal toll collection and other acts of violence.
Transport owners, joined by people brought out processions in the town yesterday in support of today's hartal. The hartal was called on Sunday.
Meanwhile the indefinite transport in the district strike called by the transport owners association for Mujibar's arrest entered the third day yesterday.
On the other hand, the North Bengla Transport Association in a statement urged the Santrash Protirodh Committee to stop 'harassment' of Mujibar and threatened of paralysing vehicular movement in the northern region. Mujibar is also secretary of the North Bengla Transport Association.
As tension mounted following the counter-programme, police have been deployed in Dinajpur town to avert any untoward incident.
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